View Full Version : Info on a blue dolphin fish?
smellsfishy
08-23-2005, 8:33 PM
I just bought a fish called a blue dolphin. I can't find any information on this fish online. The only thing I can think of is it has a different common name. If anyone can classify this fish and have any info on it, I would appriciate it.
+It is young at about 2 1/2 inches
+ Freshwater
+ Its white on the bottom and a bluish gray on top.
+Looks looks almost like a saltwater shark but with one dorsal fin, pointy doral fin
+keeps an open mouth and stays around the bottom of my tank.
+ It also has tiny eyes.
+ tons of energy
Thank you for any information
-Steve
oscar1
08-23-2005, 8:46 PM
i,ve seen this fish before but by another name i will find out fir u when i think of it
repair
08-23-2005, 9:46 PM
I've heard people call morri blue dolphin.
look at this link. http://www.theoscarspot.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=d18626cd7237912f29c603c9a882c2 88&topic=1498.0;prev_next=prev
repair
08-23-2005, 9:57 PM
I went and took some pics of mine....and a couple of his friends.
guppy
08-23-2005, 11:27 PM
When I did a search under blue dolphin fish most of what showed up were pubs.
I did find this, Cyrtocara moorii "Hap moorii" (Blue Dolphin) Is that it? Cool fish.
cuban jey
08-23-2005, 11:51 PM
maybe a cetopsis catfish
seighten
08-24-2005, 1:26 AM
i say, judging by the photos on the oscarspot link... that the fish in his picture is a moorri, albeit a pale one....
cuban jey
08-24-2005, 1:32 AM
maybe a cetopsis catfish
heres pics
Oddball
08-24-2005, 1:55 AM
heres pics
If it is a Cetopsis cat, it requires strong currents and heavy oxygenation. Can possibly be kept with heavily armored fish since it is common for this catfish to bite chunks out of any scaleless tankmates. It's a known corpse feeder and will tunnel into the abdominal cavities of larger animals and gorge itself from the inside out. In captivity, feed Cetopsis sparingly. In the wild it is an opportunistic feeder and will eat until it can't hold any more then, regurgitate it's meal in order to be able to continue feeding. These disgorges will quickly sour a tank and kill tankmates and the dolphin cat itself. This catfish is definitely one to put the odd in oddball catfish.
I like the cob the moori get, I wonder if it is just during mating, the dolphin cat is very cool, Oddball, do you know where they are from? how big they get? where they can be bought?
repair
08-24-2005, 8:46 AM
I like the cob the moori get, I wonder if it is just during mating, the dolphin cat is very cool, Oddball, do you know where they are from? how big they get? where they can be bought?
My LFS has them but they as proud of them....$40 for a 2".
Oddball
08-24-2005, 9:04 AM
Guppy: They're from Brazil and grow to 10.5". Our sponsors occassionally have these cats available.
piranha45
08-24-2005, 11:06 AM
that catfish's mouth sure doesn't look like it could used in the manner which oddball described, not that i doubt him though
that catfish's mouth sure doesn't look like it could used in the manner which oddball described, not that i doubt him though
I bet ithas little sharp scraper teeth like a candiru
smellsfishy
08-24-2005, 8:51 PM
yup, thats it. The cetopsis catfish.... It is a never ending swimmer with amazing energy. Any more information on its max size?
DanDanUK
08-24-2005, 9:02 PM
yup, thats it. The cetopsis catfish.... It is a never ending swimmer with amazing energy. Any more information on its max size?
Thats a nice looking fish grows to around 15cm and it's origins are the river amazon basins , South America.
A nice fish .
wism_chan
08-30-2005, 11:44 AM
It's a nice fish that worth keeping....keep us posted on the fish
I have imported these before, they are awesome.. The cetopsis coecutiens (sp). Aka Blue Whale Shark, Baby Great White Shark, Dolphin Fish.. etc
Oddballs info was really good!
If anyone is ever interested in keeping them, let me know..
Nate_N_Nicole
08-30-2005, 3:37 PM
kinda :lipsseale but thats what probably makes it cool... :thumbsup:
Oooo... its a malawi fish... check it up under category of malawi types..
the fish colour looks very pale, it should be solid blue...
MaJiKTeRRoR
09-02-2005, 12:32 PM
Dad had one. It jumped out of the tank.
fishkill
09-05-2005, 9:25 AM
I have 2 5" blue ones in my pond. Somedays they are pale but on sunny days they get bright blu. Fights back when bullied or confronted by jags. But stays mostly undergrowths...very shy and faassssst......acts similarly with my 5' blue ahlis.....
Ceptopsis are very cool, You might remember them on that program "Abiss" a few weeks ago on the Disco Channel as the fish devouring dead meat thru a nylon net that they had chewed through. Their enitire skull is one massive muscle. It's from Peru/Brazil out of the Amazon. We get ours out of the Nanay river I beleive. It will get about 1.2-1.5ft. Females have more girth. They are a deeper water fish that are active in the dark. I had one that swallowed a lazor cory the size of his head and lived to see another day. Big fish only with this guy. They look like a shark when they eat.
Cetopsis coecutiens is it's scientific name. Great fish with it's agressive personality and great coloration.
Oooo... its a malawi fish... check it up under category of malawi types..
the fish colour looks very pale, it should be solid blue...
You haven't kept up with the conversation. These fish come from the Amazon... not africa.