Bichir Experts Needed...Please ID This

[FishGoneWild]

Is this a palmas palmas? If yes then it's KA-CHING!

 

[beblondie]

Nope not a P.p.palmas or even any of the palmas complex. Looks like a P. weeksii (weeks-ee-eye) to me-Anne

 

[X24]

ya i thought weeksii as soon as i saw that. still a nice fish, get to 18" max, although shy from what i hear of them.

 

[Infblue]

i concur, no doubt P. weeksii. one of its characteristics is the big, round head, and as a result can swallow surprisingly large fish relative of its own size.

 

[tezr]

no expert here but I agree with the above assessments as I thought Weeksi as soon as I saw it....

 

[FishGoneWild]

D'Oh!!!!! Fish store told me it was a palmas. Anyways this guy will be going for sale if he end up being really shy. I had a 10" weeksii before and it was really shy so I sold him. I'm more of a delhezi and palmas collector.

 

[gabautista]

nice Poly pickup bro. did you get that from the place i had mentioned? i don' recall seeing that one stocked...

 

[FishGoneWild]

gabautista, I went there today after work. They had lapradei, regular senegals, albino senegal, ornates, and apparently I just found out they had Weeksii. If you want this weeksii I'll let you have it for $35. I paid $40 at the store.

I was trying to figure out what the big fat one was and it's possible it's a congicus.

 

[darthbravo]

What store is this? Im lookin for albinos

 

[FishGoneWild]

What store is this? Im lookin for albinos

Tom's Tropical Fish on Long Beach Blvd in the ghetto city of Long Beach.