Dat or Leaf fish?
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no worries lol i bought him hoping for either a leaf or a dat. if it was a nile perch i would have taken him back instantly telling them it was a mislabel and i didnt want it anymore. anyway...there seems to be a little confusion as to exactly what it is so ill try to get some better pics here in a bit. thanks everyone though!T1KARMANN;602558;602558 said:
No. Dats are in their own family, Datnioididae. Depending on whether its Polycentrus schomburgki or Polycentropsis abbreviata, it would be located in one of two families. South American leaffishes in the genera Polycentrus and Monocirrhus are in their own family Polycentridae. Asian and African leaffishes, including Polycentropsis and Nandus, are in the family Nandidae. All three families are in the same order Perciformes, but it's a huge order with everything from snappers (Lutjanidae) to cichlids (Cichlidae) to gobies (Gobiidae and Eleotridae) to gouramis (Osphronemidae and Anabantidae), etc.ewurm;602816; said:
Amazing resemblance in body shape. How about keeping a Nandus with a Dat, I now want one. Also, they are in the same Order, but that looks to be a vastly different array of species, so really they are not related at all as far as taxonomy is concerned, correct?
That is Polycentrus schomburgkii. I've got 2 P. abbreviata and the species differ in shape a fair bit. Nice find!
