Spotted Raphael catfish (Agamyxis pectinifrons). Also referred to as the whitebarred catfish, this species has a black body covered in large white spots, and the tail has a vertical white stripe.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

Chris Brockett, of Loudonville, N.Y. with what he initially was told was a state record white catfish. Now he's not sure what species of fish he caught.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.

A Missouri man reeled in a strange creature from the Mississippi River recently; a slimy, whiskered, black-and-white rarity. It’s a piebald blue catfish, according to avid fisherman Chad Hester.