Deformed fish sighting: "camel cat"

**juggler** · 1st Jul 2008, 01:21

Over the weekend, I happen to see some deformed albino catfish sold at a LFS. These catfish have lumps (therefore their name) along their body and their shape is not streamline but zig-zag. Reminds me of links of mini-sausages.

Not a good sighting.

Anyone seen them too?

**Merviso** · 1st Jul 2008, 01:28

Yes!

Saw it at Yishun..

Very disgusted by those selling it, and even more disgusted by those who created it!

**Jaws** · 1st Jul 2008, 08:30

Saw it at Serangoon North too... yucks!

**bryan** · 2nd Jul 2008, 11:26

According to the LFS owner, these came from Thailand. I hope the good people from the local fish farms do think before bringing in fish of these nature. It also gives Singapore (as a leading Fish Exporter) a bad name.

**Mikex** · 4th Jul 2008, 13:06

The 4D tatoo molly are areadi well known..
Unique and funny singaporean taste for fishes..

**EvolutionZ** · 4th Jul 2008, 20:57

4D tatoo molly is still somehow accpectable.. but the deformed catfish is really too much.. looking at how they swim, really breaks my heart.. i noticed they swim up half way and will sink to the bottom.. just like a dead fish...

**budak** · 4th Jul 2008, 22:16

why should tatooed fish be somehow acceptable at all?

**CacaManiac** · 4th Jul 2008, 22:39

if the fish does not look the way it is supposed to... it's downright unacceptable.

**EvolutionZ** · 5th Jul 2008, 19:05

true. but its not that disgusting..

**torque6** · 5th Jul 2008, 23:54

Being a successful LFS, the general health of your fishes is quite important.

**k3nlim** · 9th Jul 2008, 00:05

Sadden by the state of those fishes...never see my gf jump so far away from a tank after seeing them

**trident** · 9th Jul 2008, 08:37

Yah lor, those deformed catfish is a real sad story, I heard they were tied with
strings so they grow up deformed

**Toshika** · 16th Jul 2008, 16:36

ONE day maybe goldfishes and even arowana be like that too....then they will sell it at a higher price....then they are deformed to a number "8" shape...then people will buy it because they will say its luck.haha

**RHX** · 17th Jul 2008, 11:28

Can we charge them for animal cruelty?

**WaterH2O** · 17th Jul 2008, 12:16

LFS here are just selling and they are not the ones that creates these species so maybe a little difficult to sue. As for the creators, they are in Thailand so the local authority should do something about.
My 2 cents of opinion with my limited knowledge of law.

**hwchoy** · 17th Jul 2008, 14:31

well if you feel this strongly about deformed fishes, then do inform your friends about those parrot fishes. they are deformed due to genetic failure but many people do not know.