Mystery fish

[NecrochildK]

Got a little wierdy I love here, but I don't know just what he/she/it is. If anyone could identify it for me, I'd be much appreciative. He seems to get along quite well with the other fish, and is even a bit playful, especially with my dojo loach. He seems to love swimming alongside it and laying on the bottom with it. He also tends to swim circles around the three female bettas I have and slither alongside my newt just as he does with the loach.

 

[webcricket]

Boy, lots of these guys popping up as unknown fish lately.

It's a Senegal Bichir - Polypterus senegalus. He's going to get pretty big, what size tank do you have? Also watch any smaller fish, they will eventually eat anything that fits in their mouth!

 

[NecrochildK]

Thanks. I had done some pic hunting and guessed he might have been, but wasn't entirely sure. I have a 30 gallon? I think... When I got it it was the biggest full system Eclipse had out. But that was a good five or six years back. If he does start after the others, I can always move them to a smaller tank and let him have all the space he wants in that one.

 

[beblondie]

Cute lil bugger it coulld grow an inch a month until 7-8 inches then the growth slows.If possible feed it a few small meals thru the day instead of one big meal.They are generaly non agressive predators but will eat anything they can fit into thier mouth-Anne

 

[beblondie]

Cute lil bugger it coulld grow an inch a month until 7-8 inches then the growth slows.If possible feed it a few small meals thru the day instead of one big meal.They are generaly non agressive predators but will eat anything they can fit into thier mouth-Anne

I forgot it should reach 10-12 inches apporx.

 

[NecrochildK]

^_^ So I read, Anne. Thanks for the feeding tips too! Will be quite helpful.

 

[Mudfrog]

Fun little guys..

 

[big_fish]

it looks to be a polli palmas more than a senegual. polli's are more of a greenish color as that one looks to were seneguals are a grayish color. there pretty cool fish either way.

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29 gal. fw
1 butterfly fish
1 purple spotted goby
2 bichirs (polli palmas & dinosaur eel)
6 catfish (tsn, indian sun, bristlenose plec, african silver, mystus, and synodontis euruptus

 

[beblondie]

Polypterus palmas polli are brown with a distinct pattern the shown fish is a P.senegalus which can range in color from grey to green with no pattern other than a series of black dots runnng along the body-Anne

 

[NecrochildK]

Well, he's kind of an orangish brown with no pattern, but very defined scales.