vietnamese mud fish

[fishyman45]

i saw these at my LFS and they looked weird. they had squarish heads with long sloping bodies and bulgin eyes. also frays like a fish's fins as arms. any info on these? they look intersting.

i cant find anythin about it on google, any help would be greatly apreciated.

 

[fishyman45]

come on please help me! out. i want 1 of these but i am hopeless! can a brother help a noob! :sad:

 

[Swimfins]

Could it be a planiceps? Or some other catfish. High finned banded catfish? These fish get pretty huge a foot or 2...be sure before you buy.

 

[fishyman45]

it wasnt a fish, it was an amphibian, that was on logs, with fined front legs, and a body like i described. can some 1 find me a site with a pic of 1?

 

[sunshine1]

I wonder if you aren't transfixed by a goby or mudskipper?
There's a picture at this link:
http://www.aquarium.gdynia.pl/galeria/coralreef/images/Periophthalmus-barbarus.jpg
Do a search on google for "Periophthalmus barbarus" and then click on the images.
Anything like what you saw?

 

[TipStylez]

yeah sounds like a mudskipper

 

[fishyman45]

! thats what it looked like, they said it was a mudFISH. grr im pissed at them.