Platinum White Tiger Shovelnose Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum) Sizes:11 - 12 inches Albino Chinese Wels Catfish —

Albino Chinese Wels Catfish — Silurus meridionalis

mostly ants

and powerful surface-hunting behavior

as far as large Central American cichlids go

fruit and vegetation

Platinum White Tiger Shovelnose Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum) Sizes:11 - 12 inches Albino Chinese Wels Catfish —Often referred to as "platinum", this is a white color mutation. Instead of the normal silver body, the base is very white to golden color. This is a very rare morph, that randomly pops up from breeding thousands of offspring. Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim or caparari is a species of long whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America. This species grows to 130 cm in total length.