Albino shark catfish

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Albino shark catfish

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http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1274459402 - not seen these before nor is it in cat-e-log.

Quite pricey too!
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Re: Albino shark catfish

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It looks like an albino ariid, something like
Hexanematichthys seemanni
but I don't really know ariids very well. Considering that's the most common ariid, it probably is that species.
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