White Chinese catfish

Post by **Dinyar** » 05 May 2004, 23:53

This fish was sold as "hui yu" (-->return fish) in a Beijing wholesale fish market. First time I've seen it in a Chinese market. Some kind of Pelteobagrus?

Dinyar

Post by **Silurus** » 06 May 2004, 04:05

These are what the Chinese literature often refers to as Leiocassis longirostris. According to Mo (1991), they should be Pseudobagrus longirostris.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 06 May 2004, 09:42

That is one ugly fish!
looks a bit like a pig.....

weird color btw; natural albino/bred one/xanthoristic or cave-fish?

they look pretty sized up; how big are they?
they were sold for food or fishkeeping (from what I know of the Chinese, they eat all kind of stuff...)

Post by **Silurus** » 06 May 2004, 10:24

They are large-river fishes and are naturally a bluish-white in color.
I don't believe they were being sold as pets (being in a wholesale fish market).