Bichir ID?

[Rayfishowner]

Hi All,

One of the local fish stores near me listed this as a PBB bichir. Can someone verify this? Looks like a normal lapradei to me butany insight is appreciated!

Cheers,
Ray

 

[Rayfishowner]

Hao kno4te any help would be appreciated

 

[kno4te]

See what hao thinks but I’m only counting 14 finlets so I think they are laps.

 

[Rayfishowner]

See what hao thinks but I’m only counting 14 finlets so I think they are laps.

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking the same thing. Plus the head shape and colors scream lap to me, but I kinda hope I’m wrong since would love a true PBB in my collection.

 

[Hao]

They are definitely captive bred PBB.

 

[Rayfishowner]

They are definitely captive bred PBB.

Any pics what they will look like as adults? Also how can you tell?

 

[Hao]

Any pics what they will look like as adults? Also how can you tell?

In my opinion, most of them do not look very nice when bigger. Especially these ones since they are Indonesian bred. Looks very different from their wild counterpart (thus price difference). Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures. I rarely see them grown big too. I've never been great at explaining the fine details when it comes to IDing bichirs. But I looked at their headshape and pattern (some of them in the video that Monster Aquarium posted showed clear pattern similar to their wild counterpart.) I didn't need to count finlet but there should be about 16 finlets on them (not the most reliable method but it can be helpful).

 

[Rayfishowner]

In my opinion, most of them do not look very nice when bigger. Especially these ones since they are Indonesian bred. Looks very different from their wild counterpart (thus price difference). Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures. I rarely see them grown big too. I've never been great at explaining the fine details when it comes to IDing bichirs. But I looked at their headshape and pattern (some of them in the video that Monster Aquarium posted showed clear pattern similar to their wild counterpart.) I didn't need to count finlet but there should be about 16 finlets on them (not the most reliable method but it can be helpful).

Gotcha. Thank you for the reply. Makes sense. For that price as well I agree they are prob not the best quality given what I’ve seen PBBs going for. Ended up getting another lap which I’m assuming is a nigerian wild caught lap

 

[giseok jung]

They are definitely captive bred PBB.

I would say it's CB PBB too

 

[clm08k]

In my opinion, most of them do not look very nice when bigger. Especially these ones since they are Indonesian bred. Looks very different from their wild counterpart (thus price difference). Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures. I rarely see them grown big too. I've never been great at explaining the fine details when it comes to IDing bichirs. But I looked at their headshape and pattern (some of them in the video that Monster Aquarium posted showed clear pattern similar to their wild counterpart.) I didn't need to count finlet but there should be about 16 finlets on them (not the most reliable method but it can be helpful).

Hao is a legend. What characteristics allowed you to deduce they were bred in Indonesia?