Not another 'Guess what's in the bag?' thread.... lol

[jaws7777]

Yes, Sp, Dabola and Dabola (Same) is believed to be a natural hybrid of endli and Lap, or possibly it's own specie. In the U.S. it is not marketed that way. In japan they do mention that it. Of course, no science to back it up at this point.

Not to confuse this with Endli. Endli is labeled based off the supposed area/river they're caught. Ex. Dabola, Faranah, Volta, Guinea, Nigeria, and few others.

Right, this thread is getting confusing i thought someone said dabola and sp.dabola werre tje dame fish

 

[DMD123]

Vancouver_98683 , interesting link. They call it: "Bikiru SP cot (Koliba regional variants)"

So in the US is it a Koliba? SP Kote? Guinea lap type? lol, yep depends on who markets it first.

 

[Dr.B]

To make this a little more fun. There some resemblances to Dabola. If these were to be in the U.S. what would we call these? Goes to show there are many more of these undescribed polys. Exciting right?

New Collection Point: Kote region of Guinea. In the tributary area of the Niger river:
https://translate.google.com/transl...p://www.leaf-int.ne.jp/product/2844&sandbox=1

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I actually posted a thread a while back. I'm not sure of the exact translation, but I posted it under sp. cotto. (I'll try and find the thread), but this would be called sp. cotto as it is an undescribed species.

More food for thought. They call it a variant of the fish we know as sp. Koliba. Weather that means a variant of a variant, or that they are treating sp. Koliba as a described species.

 

[Dr.B]

Right, this thread is getting confusing i thought someone said dabola and sp.dabola werre tje dame fish

they are the same fish

 

[Dr.B]

Here's the thread I'm talking about http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/polypterus-sp-cotto.658812/ I've actually frequented that website for a few years now just to see what they label as what on the other side of the world.

 

[Vancouver_98683]

Sp. Cotto is a name they created themselves. Maybe it's misspelling. It's actually collected near Kote, Guinea. Which is not too far from Guinea Bissau. Therefore, they called it Kote region. Kote, Guinea is on the map.

 

[jaws7777]

they are the same fish

How so ? Sp. Dabola is lapxendli natural hybrid. Dabola signifies the town right ? Endli dabola is an endli

 

[DMD123]

How so ? Sp. Dabola is lapxendli natural hybrid. Dabola signifies the town right ? Endli dabola is an endli

I see where your going with that. The term 'Dabola' has also been used to reference the 'sp Dabola'. A case of people just dropping the 'sp' for ease of use.

 

[Dr.B]

How so ? Sp. Dabola is lapxendli natural hybrid. Dabola signifies the town right ? Endli dabola is an endli

yes, yes, and yes. What I'm saying is that there is no fish (to my knowledge) that is just labeled as Polyptetus Dabola. So when you see a fish labeled Dabola it's an sp. Dabola. It's just missing the sp. similar to the way we leave the sp. out on sp. Koliba and often just say Koliba.

 

[Hao]

Sp. Farahah and Faranah - SAME
Sp. Dabola ad Dabola - SAME

So, this is established. Just stating how these polys have been labeled in the past. Not to provide any more confusion. I'll leave it at that.

Back to DMD's What's in the Bag. I believe it resembles a Polypterus Dabola, 'Undescribed specie'. That is my opinion at this time. It doesn't look like any Faranah Lap i've seen. See for yourself. Google in the word 'Faranah Lapredei or lap'. Those all have a certain look to them. Smaller head like a lapredei and vertical markings start in the middle of their body. Plus, they don't get that muddied dark green shade that covers their body markings.

Dabola have this green cloak to their scales that will cover their patterns and posses a gigantic long serpent head. Below are pics of Dabola. Compare those to DMD's fish. What are your opinions at this present time?

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I would consider that last one a faranah Lap. The other photos I'll say are sp. Dabola
Here are 2 monster sp. Dabola. One of em resembles the old sp. Dabola I have. And the other resembles the bichir I got recently(except mine is from Faranah, rather than Dabola).

How so ? Sp. Dabola is lapxendli natural hybrid. Dabola signifies the town right ? Endli dabola is an endli

Sp. Dabola is just undescribed species of bichir caught in Dabola. Endli Dabola should be called Endli "tinkisso river" to be less confusing...