Bichir id

[Greg31]

Labeled as Palmas poly. Not sure what it is. Lap maybe?



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[Greg31]

more pics. My phone is being dumb tonight. He is about 10 inches maybe less.

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[mike_sema]

Def not a palmas,looks like a lap but no sure using my phon lol

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[Greg31]

$38 and first time I have seen at lfs.

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[Loves severums]

polypterus lapradei

 

[tokyogasmask]

Hi.
It's a CB Nigerian Lapradei.

 

[Greg31]

Awesome. What cb mean? Good pickup for $40?

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[dpete88]

CB= captive bred
And I agree that it is a lap

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[MFK Ivan]

I too agree that's a lapradei as it has vertical stripes on top of it's body and longitudinal bands.
Most probably captive bred cause wild ones has more obvious dark-coloured markings.

 

[Greg31]

Thanks for the ID all. Any idea of temperament and activeness? Right now he just casually swimming around tank.