(Duanes) great pic. As a fishkeeper for forty years it destroys me to see fish in the fish markets of other countries that we would all love to see swimming in our ponds, folks have to live though I guess.
Vietnamese catfish ID
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Biggest one looks Hemibagrus, perhaps punctatus.
Second biggest - a Clarias sp.
Goonch sp. is obvious.
Second biggest - a Clarias sp.
Goonch sp. is obvious.
Hemibagrus, but I think guttatus due to speckling and lack of red in the fins.
beautiful fish ! That's one I want !
Clarias Macrocephalus??? - another fish often bred for food in asia.
The long and relatively narrow head, and the mottling of the Clarias makes me think C. gariepinus, a now-widespread invader from Africa.
Hmmmm and it appears that c.gariepinus and c.macrocephalus can cross breed naturally, or "on purpose" to provide a better food fish. Who knows what the offspring look like.
Clarias seem to be a pretty hybrid-friendly group...natural hybridization with Heterobranchus has been documented as well, and C. gariepinus has been lab-hybridized with Pangasianodon (pretty wild-looking offspring).
According to the paper, B and C are different morphs of the same Pangasianodon X Clarias hybrid, while I think D is a hybrid backcrossed with another Pangasianodon.
Biggest one is H.Guttatus. little smaller yellow one hiding under clarias is some kind of Tachysurus. The wels like to the right is Amur wels. Bagarius rutilus. Thats all i can identify
