knifegill
11-02-2006, 10:51 PM
Hello, everyone.
Can anyone guess what my new acquisition might be? He looks a lot like a datnioid, but has bold, bright red stripes and spots against a greenish-gold body. His fins are arranged like a bass. His tail's profile is flat and triangular, not forked or lobed. His second dorsal is very round, like a peacock bass's. He is a predator with a huge mouth and protruding lower jaw. My LFS got him at some convention under the name "Chinese Tigerfish". He's a little over two inches long and an inch of it seems to be his head, a strong slope from the first dorsal to the tip of his mouth. He is a voracious feeder and wastes no time in hunting and consuming. He is a coldwater fish, the LFS insists. He likes to wait in floating plants for prey. He is beautiful and I want to make his home the best home it can be for him (or her). Please, oh please, guess so I can Google your guesses and check for photos...
Sorry, but I am unable to make the pictures in my camera appear on the internet. I've tried many times. It just doesn't happen.
Thanks.
Can anyone guess what my new acquisition might be? He looks a lot like a datnioid, but has bold, bright red stripes and spots against a greenish-gold body. His fins are arranged like a bass. His tail's profile is flat and triangular, not forked or lobed. His second dorsal is very round, like a peacock bass's. He is a predator with a huge mouth and protruding lower jaw. My LFS got him at some convention under the name "Chinese Tigerfish". He's a little over two inches long and an inch of it seems to be his head, a strong slope from the first dorsal to the tip of his mouth. He is a voracious feeder and wastes no time in hunting and consuming. He is a coldwater fish, the LFS insists. He likes to wait in floating plants for prey. He is beautiful and I want to make his home the best home it can be for him (or her). Please, oh please, guess so I can Google your guesses and check for photos...
Sorry, but I am unable to make the pictures in my camera appear on the internet. I've tried many times. It just doesn't happen.
Thanks.