Bichir ID - Koloton & ?

[Potato Patatto]

Can you help ID? I think the very dark one is a koloton (last 2 photos) after doing some word searching on mfk. The lighter one is a bit tougher (first 3)..

 

[Polyaddict86]

Nigerian lap.

 

[Polypterus_36]

Nigerian lap.

+1

 

[Potato Patatto]

Just to clarify, the pale one is Nigerian? And the other is likely Koloton?

 

[Polyaddict86]

Just to clarify, the pale one is Nigerian? And the other is likely Koloton?

I thought they the same fish ?‍ Lol. Take a full body shot so we can better id, usuallu laps are harder to tell in a black sand and when they are small unless you got it from a respected source that knows their bichirs.

 

[Polypterus_36]

They still both look like Nigerian laps to me.

 

[Polyaddict86]

They still both look like Nigerian laps to me.

+1

 

[Potato Patatto]

Laps and PBBs are pretty tough for me to identify outside of Kolibas cause they’re pretty distinct, I feel like the rest really blend together

 

[Polyaddict86]

Laps and PBBs are pretty tough for me to identify outside of Kolibas cause they’re pretty distinct, I feel like the rest really blend together

The best way to seperate a lap to pbb is the finlet count. Laps have 13-14 while pbb has 15 or more. But some ppl said that there are pbb that has 14 finlet. 24” laps look pretty nice also and some looks better than pbb but it varies.

 

[Potato Patatto]

Do Laps tend not to flex their finlets as much as Endlis? Hard to get a count