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I saw these in with a batch of Khullies i'm prety sure they're not Albinos but of course i could be wrong, they don't have the patterns i've seen in pictures of Albino Khullies what do you think? not the best pictures i'm afraid so i hope you can see enough to help thanks

I got some identical to these and they were identified on here as Pangio Oblonga

It's hard to tell from your photos but they may just be stressed or sick. I've seen kuhli types like this before with all sorts of weird colors and patterns and they usually die within a week.

The fish in the middle pic could be an albino. Does it have red eyes?

I agree with Mad Duff. They look like washed out P. oblonga. From my experience they will darken up and take on a velvetly dark reddish brown to blackish appearance. Given proper care and nutrition, of course.

Cheers folks, i did have a look at the P Oblonga in the species list, but wasn't quite sure so thanks for your help.

Well that middle (top) one looks like it might be kind of hypo-melanistic. Kuhlis of all species can pale right down though, so it's difficult to tell. One thing though............ they look really sleek and healthy looking from what I can see and I'd bet the middle one is a female.

Speaking of weird colour kuhlis Ken...remember these pics? (pictures by Ken Childs).



I just love this one!



Martin.

wow! thats amazing

I'd say you're right Martin. Definitely some tummy on that middle one...
and my first thought when I saw them was 'hypomelanistic'. But only because I've been reading profiles lately.

Here are some old pics of the weird colored ones that all died within 1 week. If I remember correctly, there were 30 or so like this that came out of 1 bag from Thailand. Could be stress, disease, over medication or...........

Yeah, now they look sick.

Martin.

Having a look at the pictures above, the khullies all have a hint of the Khullie pattern, where as the colour of those in my picture is uniformed, as if it’s meant to be, which is what got me wondering. Unfortunately my picture doesn’t actually do them justice in an attempt to enhance the picture the khullies appear far pinker than the pinky brown they actually are. When they’ve settled I’ll try & get a better picture. Cheers for your help

I'd put money on p. oblonga (aka javanicus); they go that pinky cinammon colour (or at least mine do!)