differenciating polypterus Sp. dabola from other endlicheris

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jaws7777 said:
Being our connection to the silk road you would best answer this..... how come all of these exotic's end up in asia and never in the u.s ? Difference in exporters and importers?
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Money talks bro! Fish keeping is much more popular in Asia. I believe It started over there anyway. As Kurt has said, there's a larger market over there. Even Toyin imports stuff and ships it out to Asia! There are some big fish importers in Asia too. In China, there's a guy that imports monster bichirs (27" platinum congicus, 33"-34" congi, 36" ansorgii, etc) The Volta endli above is from him. A lot of stuff in Asia are not posted online. Hidden gems everywhere!
 
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My Speculation is the vas majority of these fine specimens shown are Hybrid Speciation. Lineage descended from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree. This is why every single piece in question looks so different, but yet so familiar. :)


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All 3 are the same fish correct ? Hao Hao
 
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Ok so 1st (bieken) is a natural hybrid or captive bred ?



What is unknown about the 2nd fish ? It doesnt look like a lap to you all ?
 
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jaws7777 said:
Ok so 1st (bieken) is a natural hybrid or captive bred ?



What is unknown about the 2nd fish ? It doesnt look like a lap to you all ?
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The bikien is most likely just a Nigerian version of "sp. dabola. There are cb bikiens but I don't have pictures to share.
The 2nd fish doesn't resemble your typical Nigerian lap though. Displays sp. dabola/Guinean lap features. It's odd because it was caught in Nigeria.
 
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Hao said:
The bikien is most likely just a Nigerian version of "sp. dabola. There are cb bikiens but I don't have pictures to share.
The 2nd fish doesn't resemble your typical Nigerian lap though. Displays sp. dabola/Guinean lap features. It's odd because it was caught in Nigeria.
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Yeah the 2nd definitely looks like it has guinean lap features. I swear the 1st looks like a faranah/guinean lap. It looks allot like sp.candy bar
 
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