View Full Version : African spotted lungfish (Protopterus dolloi )?
dark_aLLeY
11-05-2007, 4:56 PM
Hi MKF,
attached are the photos of my sole lungfish (kept it for a month plus). I got it as african spotted lungfish.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Patches82/DSCF2434.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Patches82/DSCF2437.jpg
The head:
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Patches82/DSCF2442.jpg
The tail portion:
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Patches82/DSCF2439.jpg
My question is, is it truly an authentic protopterus dolloi ? Please advise~~. :icon_naruto10:
Many thanks,
dark_aLLeY
zombeer
11-05-2007, 11:13 PM
yeah, looks like it.
Bogwoodbruce
11-06-2007, 1:41 AM
Very nice lung.
it's an protopterus annectens brieni
E_americanus
11-06-2007, 12:02 PM
wow, very interesting specimen! i don't know how sub-specific i would go with an ID personally, but it's definitely not a P. dolloi (much more elongate, slender, and shorter fins), but it does look to be a P. annectens to me--
--solomon
jojo_nature
11-06-2007, 1:31 PM
Wow, he is beautiful.
Delhezi222
11-06-2007, 4:49 PM
Nice lung man!
dark_aLLeY
11-06-2007, 9:29 PM
it's an protopterus annectens brieni
Thanks GriF, your ID put an end to my doubts finally. :headbang2
Is there any way to ID the sex ?
wow, very interesting specimen! i don't know how sub-specific i would go with an ID personally, but it's definitely not a P. dolloi (much more elongate, slender, and shorter fins), but it does look to be a P. annectens to me--
--solomon
Yeah, that's why I suspect so - not a P.dolloi. I got it from a local lfs named as african spotted lungfish. The shopkeeper don't know the scientific name either, but I have decided to bring it back since it looks so attractive in a way.
Nevertheless, thanks to everyone for the kind comments and valueable inputs.
This piece is currently around 1 foot long TL.
Diet: Hikari carnivore pellets & Hikari algae wafers, supplemented occasionally with live goldfish feeders
Is there any way to ID the sex ?
noop there is no way to sex them by fysical appearance.
p.s. I like the unifor color on your fish.
If you take good care of it it will probably grow to 2 / 2,5 ft in a year..good luck with it.
ow and be carefull with the feeder fish.
I used to feed it as a main diet..but i switched to ,,sprot" (Sprattus sprattus) frozen.mussels and tigershrimp.
After I had some problems with the health of one of my lungfish probably because of the feederfish.
goodluck,
GriF
dark_aLLeY
11-07-2007, 10:40 AM
noop there is no way to sex them by fysical appearance.
p.s. I like the unifor color on your fish.
If you take good care of it it will probably grow to 2 / 2,5 ft in a year..good luck with it.
ow and be carefull with the feeder fish.
I used to feed it as a main diet..but i switched to ,,sprot" (Sprattus sprattus) frozen.mussels and tigershrimp.
After I had some problems with the health of one of my lungfish probably because of the feederfish.
goodluck,
GriF
Thanks GriF,
It's staple food is the algae wafers and carnivore pellets.....the goldfish is only feed once in a bluemoon. And to my surprise, this lunggie seems to response better to algae wafer than the carnivore pellets. :D
My lungs also have a weak spot for Algae waffers..they love them.
I feed them as a suplement (every morning)