A teenage boy was fishing in the Tennessee River when he reeled in a rare leucistic blue catfish that would later go viral on social media.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!Edwards Tarumianz caughtLeucism is caused by a very rare, recessive gene, and is similar to being an albino in that it lacks most of its color pigmentation. Leucism, however, does not have the pink eye that is a characteristic of an albino, according to Fox Chattanooga.The teenager was fishing with his guide, Capt. Richard Simms, who is an outdoor writer for NewsChannel9.com."We were shocked when we saw it," Simms told Fox Chattanooga.
Simms made a post on Facebook about the rare catch and the other fish Tarumianz caught that day, and it did not take long for the white catfish to go viral within the fishing community. The teens' white catfish went viral within the fishing community after it was posted on social media.
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