Anyone ever hear of a "Blue Dolphin Catfish?" I was in the LFS today and saw this really odd cat. It was about 4" long, 1/2 in diameter, cylindrical, bright blue above and white beneath, no barbels, a small mouth in front, small eyes. It was swimming mid water in the tank, in a small circle. It's coloration reminds me of a marine fish. Never seen anything like it but it did not look all that well.
Blue Dolphin Cat
- Thread starter Sundew
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Cetopsis coecutiens. Very high DO requirements. Surprised they had it in FL since they're prohibited there. It's one of the parasitic catfish. These cats feed by tunneling into the prey and eating their way back out.
Oddball;825491; said:
Yes! That's the beast (did a Yahoo image search), I had never seen one before, it looked and acted quite strange, it was in with some gouramis I think, swimming in circles. The coloration seems odd for an Amazon fish, looks very marine!
I have see many prohibited fish over the years appear at LFS but not so much recently. Pirahna, Electric Catfish, Banded Tilapia and Jardini Arowana have all shown up in the past, mostly in small shops who probably went through wholesalers tanks picking out anything unusual. Those shops have long gone, mostly replaced with Petsmarts, etc. SIGH.....
The joke is that while some of the prohibited fish are potentially dangerous, the only place they will live in most cases is south Florida, where the majority of fish in many areas are already exotic! The ecosystem has already been altered forever. I believe Fish and Game caught some baby Red Bellied Pirahna in a S.E. Florida canal last year or so. The release of exotics may cause futher restrictions on the species we can keep, so please DON'T DO IT!
Sundew
Oddball;825491; said:
Well, I guess that explains why my LFS has 3 of them all alone, marked as a "species only specimen."
I had no idea.
Steve737;827424; said:
do you go to Scott's Pet Shop or Aquarium Adventure, at all?
these are the only two places i've seen em and they look like the $#!7!!! i wanna see them eat!
anybody know what tank size?
Is Scott's the one on Wolf? Been there, not very impressed.
Aquarium Adventure is my overpriced 2nd home.
AA is where I saw them.
Aquarium Adventure is my overpriced 2nd home.
AA is where I saw them.
yeah me too. when they are older can they still be kept in a small group?
or would they rip the S#!zz out of eachother?
anyone know?
or would they rip the S#!zz out of eachother?
anyone know?
i dont remember where i got this pic but i believe this is what it looks like. we were going to get one a while back but never did.
BIGgourami, are you actually in the city, or an outlying 'burb? AA seems kinda far, if you are in the city.