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lfish
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I found this catfish about six years ago in a shipment of ghost shrimp, it was only about 1/2' long
A very cool looking catfish, :D [/img]
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Post by DeepFriedIctalurus »

Looks like the whitest white catfish () I've seen, Florida's part of their range so I could see a baby sneaking into a batch of shrimp. I can't see the tail but if it's forked it's a total giveaway, because it definately doesn't have a channel cat head.

So how big do they get in a tank after 6 years?


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Post by lfish »

He about 30" long, but the tail is not fork, a freind said it was a tran-lunic bullhead, thank for the help
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Post by Silurus »

Actually, that's a nice, healthy yellow bullhead ().
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Post by DeepFriedIctalurus »

Sorry for the possibly trivial post but I just have to add....

That it's one heck of a beeeeeeeg yellow bullhead too!

I'm impressed to say the least..
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I actually have seen this fish in person. the picture does not do it justice, this is an awesome specimen.

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not a yellow bullhead

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sorry Silurus..this isn't a yellow bullhead. Look closely at it's features. It has the features of a black bullhead, though it's a little off-color.
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