Blue Dolphin

[dragonfish]

Was at a LFS and they had somrthing labeled as a blue dolphin. Looked kind of like a bichir but smooth and a blueish-grey color. They had no info on it other than they didn't think it got very big and wsd peaceful. Anybody got any info?

 

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African Cichlid
Scientific Name: Cyrtocara moorii
Pronunciation: sr-t-kr- mr-
Common Name(s): Hap moorii, Blue Dolphin
Geo. Origin: Lake-wide distribution in Lake Malawi & also found in Lake Malombe.
Habitat: Open sand
Diet: Carnivore
Gender Differences: Monomorphic
Breeding: Maternal Mouthbrooder
Temperament: Mildly Aggressive
Conspecific Temperament: Aggressive
Maximum Size: 9"
Temperature: 78 - 82°F
pH: 7.8 - 8.6
Water Hardness: Hard
Difficulty: 2

 

[amesbien]

thats a blue dolphin but it def doesnt look like a bichir of any sorts.

 

[Oddball]

Cetopsis are sold as 'blue dolphins', too. Does it look like this?

 

[dragonfish]

Cetopsis are sold as 'blue dolphins', too. Does it look like this?

That is it. Thank you.

 

[Euge]

aren't those crazy predators?

 

[Oddball]

Sure are. Cetopsis coecutiens can run in packs on the hunt. They're not worried about the size of their prey, either. Small prey is directly eaten. Large prey are eaten by tunneling into the abdominal cavity and eating their meal from the inside out.
These are high current/high DO fish. Overfiltration and excessive aeration are the norm for maintaining these catfish.

 

[rottbo]

The only one that I ever saw I bought for like $3 and he was mean as heck he had to be in a tank alone I tried to get more but the LFS could not come through... hopefully PAEX can import some for me soon...

 

[Euge]

i remember when i joined i think miles was selling them. he posted a video of them eating earthworms. pretty cool stuf

 

[big E]

These are very interesting. I remember seeing them in action on a tv show, they feed them under the water and filmed it, they are pretty scary eaters!