Black Ropefish?

[gobucks1]

http://bluegrassaquatics.com/aquatics/odd-balls/black-ropefish.html

Is this just a melanistic morph or a different species or just a marketing ploy?

 

[ironmunki]

looks like a different species to me as some of them are real thick. i've seen something like that in a lfs near me and they had them labeled as blackworms.

 

[gobucks1]

Yeah, they do look thicker and their heads look smaller, maybe it is a different species.

 

[beblondie]

any one notice the vid was shot in black and white? And for the record there is only 1 species of Erpetoichthys calabaricus

 

[gobucks1]

any one notice the vid was shot in black and white? And for the record there is only 1 species of Erpetoichthys calabaricus

It doesn't look black and white, when their "noses" break the surface you can see some reflections of color. Or maybe i'm just imagining it. I may order some anyway, just to see what they look like.

 

[tezr]

way too thick of a body and the movement is more serpentine than a ropefish.

 

[aidenb]

those look like caecilians (Typhlonectes natans) which are amphibians, they also have a hard time competing with fish for food so they are best kept in a species tank.

 

[Infblue]

caecilians. not a fish at all...

 

[proaquatics]

rubber worms sweet lil guys!!!

cool to watch and own

 

[dbcb314]

yep, wrong scientific name given, but these are commonly called rope fish as well

another reason why common names usually suck