WTB Large North American Catfish

[necrocanis]

Anyone who can get some small, blue catfish, or flatheads. I've seen pics of albino blues in hatcheries and in aquariums, but I can't convince the hatcheries to sale single fish to me. Can anyone help? Would also like to find white catfish also, even thought I think they are brackish, but I'd make a nice brackish tank for it. lol. Dead serious about getting them. Never was interested in native catfish for my aquariums until my channel catfish started growing out of control. Also anyone that can get their hands on fish from Canada pm me.

 

[liberator177]

whats there scientific name?

 

[JD7.62]

White catfish are not brackish if we are talking about the same fish.

 

[N-E Cichlids]

Are you talking about Blue channel cats.

 

[oii]

I can get you 14"+ flathead's out of my girlfriends pond if you want them. They are grayish/black. You'd have to pay for shipping and the case of beer that I'd drink will trying to catch you a nice one. I'd probably charge you some ewwy charges too because I hate touching these things, they feel like a wet pile of rubber and they croak at you when you get them out of the water. Easily the creepiest fish that I accidentally catch on a regular basis.

 

[necrocanis]

whats there scientific name?

Blue catfish or fulton catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) the big one grows over 60"

Flathead Catfish (Polydictis olivaris) also huge

White Catfish (Amerius catus) up to 24" found in atlantic drainages.

White catfish are not brackish if we are talking about the same fish.

They are found in atlantic drainages, not sure if that means they are brackis, but I had heard they were lightly brackish, and they have been transplanted in california and nevada

Are you talking about Blue channel cats.

Not blue channels see above. Blue or fulton catfish Ictalurus furcatus

I can get you 14"+ flathead's out of my girlfriends pond if you want them. They are grayish/black. You'd have to pay for shipping and the case of beer that I'd drink will trying to catch you a nice one. I'd probably charge you some ewwy charges too because I hate touching these things, they feel like a wet pile of rubber and they croak at you when you get them out of the water. Easily the creepiest fish that I accidentally catch on a regular basis.

That would be cool, but if you catch them quarantine them for a while to make sure they are healthy before we ship. I will pay for meds and try to help with any info on shipping. If you are able to catch them under 12" let me know. All my cats croak or "bark" at me lol, even my rtc, tsn, jau, and rtc x tsn hybrid.

 

[necrocanis]

Here's the full list of what I want, I have it on the vendor forum, but figure everyday folks can get the locals easier. Here it is anyway.

Species -Common name(if availible) -Location
Brachyplatystoma Filamentosum -Piraiba- Brazil
Sperta aor -Indian shovelnose -India
Polydictis olivaris -North american flathead cat- USA
Ictalurus furcatus -Blue or Fulton Catfish- USA
Ameirus catus -North american white catfish- USA
Bagrus meridionalis -N/A -Lake Malawi Africa
Rita rita- N/A -Bengal Estuaries India
Silonia silondia- N/A -India
Bagrus domak -N/A- Lower Nile Africa
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans -Surubi(need proof pos ID) -Brazil La Plata, Parona'
Brachyplatystoma platynemum -Slobbering catfish -Para' Brazil Orinoco
Pinirampus pirinampu -N/A -Brazil
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti -N/A(missed out last time) -Amazon Orinoco
Sperata seenghala -N/A -Deccan India
Bagarius yarelli -Giant Goonch -India
Bagarius rutilus- N/A- Vietnam

Pangasius Bocourti -N/A- Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Pangasius conchophilus -N/A- Mekong Thailand
Pangasius larnaudii- N/A -North Thailand
Pangasius sanitwongsei -Paroon shark -Thailand

 

[ZOO YORK 207]

I got a small speckled bullhead haha.

 

[Oddball]

I have 2 or 3 Bagrus bajad (5-6") and about a dozen Ictalurus furcatus (3-4").

The B. bajad are $10/ea and the blue cats are $5/ea.

 

[necrocanis]

I got a small speckled bullhead haha.

lol, is it for sale? JK I got a big black bullhead already, and I will work on getting some yellows. Channels, blacks, yellows, and stone cats are no problem here it's just every other cat in the world. You still got any big cats zoo?

I have 2 or 3 Bagrus bajad (5-6") and about a dozen Ictalurus furcatus (3-4").

The B. bajad are $10/ea and the blue cats are $5/ea.

Very interested PM sent although I put bagarius instead of bagrus lol.