Thanks for all the responses, apologies for replying sooner only I've just had a nasty bout of chicken pox thanks to my daughter.

Opinions seem to be quite varied on what he is, let alone why he's yellow.

Thanks again

Mike

Man aren't fish weird

Judging by some of these comments I have a strange fish

Racoll

That was an interesting article. Mine certainly has elements of white in him.

I don't know the history of my specimen but I did get him from a reputable supplier and I'm not sure where they got him. He's certainly been that colour since I got him last September

He's certainly not showing ...

Jools

He does look very similar in shape to budgetti as you say but banana colour. Could that just be a genetic skin issue?
I'm at least glad that he's nothing too common because I've been looking for ages to find out what he is without any joy

Here's some more pics That I've jut taken

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I'll go and ask him to smile while I take a pic.
I hope he's feeling sociable

Thanks but it ain't one of them S. afrofischeri things

Is anyone else having trouble seeing the pics ?

Thanks for the welcome.

What's my catfish now has pics of my Yellowy / Brown / White beasty under the topic of "Synodontis Batesii"

This little fellow is about 7 to 8 inches long.
I don't think it's a Batesii but it's the closest thing I've found so far



Any thoughts greatfully appreicated

Any suggestions for websites to upload pictures to so I can show them in here ?

Hello planetcatfish

Just a quick hello to introduce myself & my tank.
I'm 38 and living in Newport, Wales
Have had an 500 Litre Mbuna tank since September 2006, with sprinkling of Haps & cats for added tank Dynamics.

In terms of catfish I have a one eyed sailfin Pleco, a syndontis Petricola and an ...