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What is this catty?
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 02:06
by michelle56
What is this cat? It is yellow, long barbels, silver eyes.
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 02:07
by michelle56
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 02:33
by Silurus
That's funny, I never thought of channel cats as being yellow.
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 02:53
by RogerMcAllen
Albino?
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 02:58
by Silurus
But that would make it pink, not yellow. Maybe a xanthic form, although I have never seen one before (anyone seen a xanthic channel catfish?).
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 03:01
by michelle56
Color strain?
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 03:05
by michelle56
Who votes for what?
1.Color strain
2.xanthic
3.other
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 03:43
by FatCat
Is its caudal fin forked or rounded?
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 10:14
by Sid Guppy
It's not a Channelcat, but a Bullhead of some variety.
The headshape and eyesize, as well as the "" overall look" point at Ameiurus, not Ictalurus.
I've seen yellowish Bullheads before.
I think (but I'm not sure) that it has to do with waterquality, food, lighting, as well as color strain. I've seen yellowish cats that got a much more grey/brown color later, when they were kept at different waterparameters and different food.
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 12:46
by Silurus
Oops, didn't look at the site carefully enough. It's a brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus).
You sure you don't have a yellow bullhead (A. natalis) instead?
(It wasn't immediately clear to me whether the pics in the website were those of your fish. I am presuming that they aren't)
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 20:33
by coelacanth
Silurus wrote:But that would make it pink, not yellow. Maybe a xanthic form, although I have never seen one before (anyone seen a xanthic channel catfish?).
I've seen a number of larger albino Channels that are very yellow, and even the smaller ones are called Gold Channel Cats over here more often than not.
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 21:13
by michelle56
That is very strange....
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 21:26
by Jools
coelacanth wrote:I've seen a number of larger albino Channels that are very yellow, and even the smaller ones are called Gold Channel Cats over here more often than not.
I would agree with Pete. They are the exact colour of corn fed chicken and not pink even when young.
Jools
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 21:33
by Silurus
Well, the ones I see in LFSs here are pinkish...
Posted: 13 Oct 2003, 23:41
by RogerMcAllen
My albinos are more white than pink I think. I plan on draining one of my ponds this weekend to get at a pleco in there, perhaps I will be able to get a better look then.
Posted: 14 Oct 2003, 01:00
by Dinyar
Albino channel cats in New York are yellow too.
Dinyar