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FAQs on Bichirs and Ropefish, Family Polypteridae
Identification
Related Articles: Bichirs,
Related FAQs: Bichirs, Polypterid Behavior,
Polypterid Compatibility,
Polypterid Selection,
Polypterid
Systems, Polypterid Feeding,
Polypterid Disease,
Polypterid Reproduction,
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fish id
8/5/07
hello
I was told this was a baby Reedfish but think it may be a grey bichir
help please
<Not the former... Is a species of Polypterus. BobF> |
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Thanks and Senegal bichir ID 05/09/08
Hi everybody,
Thank you very much for running this site, you have no idea how many times you
have helped me! I just wanted to follow up on an FAQ labeled "fish id" in the
Polypterid ID section on 8/5/07, it was a Senegal Bichir and I now have two
more, all of them healthy thanks to you guys and gals. Thanks again -Tom
<Thank you for the kind words and update. -Sara M.>
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Senegal Bichirs/s
Hi there my name is Jason from Auckland, New Zealand, the other day I bought
a couple of Senegal Bichirs and I was wondering if there is any way of telling
if they are short body Senegal or normal ones, they are about 4inch.
<Mmm, I am not aware that there is any more than just the one species:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/polypterids.htm>
The pet shop that I bought them from told me that they were lung fish but after
searching the web for these fish I found that they are Bichirs not lung fish,
and that there are short and long body types. Are you guys able to help? Cheers.
<Please see the above link, and read about the family on Fishbase.org
Bob Fenner>
Polypterid ID - 05/29/2006
I was just wondering if you could identify the little guy for
me. He looks like a ropefish, but my LFS says it's an eel.
<Is a ropefish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus. More info on this and other
Polypterids here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/polypterids.htm Some
common names for this animal may include the word "eel" (rope eel,
dragon eel....).>
Just hoping I could get an ID from you guys. Hope the pic size is OK.
<Good enough to tell you there's no doubt in my mind of what he is.>
He has these "spines" the sit down on his back, and kind of rise every
once in a while.
<They're very neat fish.>
Thanks! Nick
<Glad to be of service. -Sabrina> |
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Polypterid ID - II - 05/28/2006
Sorry, but I just shot you an email with a couple of pics of a
fish. What would you say an animal like this should retail for? I
understand if you don't have a definitive answer, just looking for a
ballpark figure.
<Can't rightly recall of the top of my head, but as these are relatively
common in the trade, I'd imagine not more than 10 to 12 US dollars in my
area (California), maybe slightly more elsewhere in the US.>
Thanks, Nick
<Wishing you well, -Sabrina> |
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