Oct 25, 2021 12:30:00

A giant banana-colored catfish is caught

There are many strange fish on the earth, such as

'deep sea fish with a devilish appearance ' and ' faceless fish'. A new topic is that angler Martin Gratz has caught a 'giant banana-colored catfish' in the Netherlands.

Fisherman Boats Beautiful Yellow Catfish | Field & Stream
https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/german-angler-catches-mandarin-catfish/

Extremely rare, bright-yellow catfish caught in the Netherlands | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/giant-yellow-catfish-leucism

This time, Mr. Gratz caught a Wels catfish that lives mainly in European rivers. Wels Catfish is body length 2.7m, also a huge population of body weight 130kg confirmed in a large freshwater fish that is, common individuals, the back side can be seen the yellow spots on the green to blackish, belly side is a white or pale yellow Is known to be.

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Tino Strauss

However, the Wels catfish caught by Mr. Gratz has a bright yellow banana-like back and a white ventral side. Mr. Gratz commented on the situation when he caught a banana-colored Wels catfish: 'The response when I caught it was comparable to when I caught a large Northern Pike , but the moment I saw the color of the fish I caught, I panicked. I did. '

Live Science, a scientific media outlet, states that the Wels catfish is thought to be

a white variant with reduced pigmentation and lighter body color. After taking the picture, Mr. Gratz said that the Wels catfish returned to the river hoping that it would 'get bigger.' Live Science concludes, 'It will surprise future anglers even more.'