Different types of wolf fish

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Adamson

Adamson

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I am very unfamiliar with wolf fish but am interested. From what I think I've read, the different species tend to act differently.
I know there is the hoplias species but I couldn't tell you any of the others.
Aren't some species more active than others?
Which species are a little more active and which like to hide more?
If you could use both common and scientific names that would be helpful, I don't believe we have a profile page for wolf fish here.
Thanks!


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From what I know, theres the Hoplias Aimara (black wolf)
Hoplias Malabaricus(common wolf)
Hoplias Curupira (not sure)
And Erythrinus Erythrinus(red wolf)
And a subspecies from Peru

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the malas act like logs.

The curupiras and aimara are a bit more active. The curpiras are the most active IMO.
 
I'm just getting into these awesome fish also, I've done some research and found the smallest species ery ery ( red wolf) that's the one I'm most interested in.

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jelly made his own website about wolf fish care. Do some research on google. There are some nice info there.
 
Adamson said:
Aren't red wolves (ery ery) pretty inactive?


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Actually, they are the MOST active of all wolf fish. They usually like to swim around, unlike the wolves of the Hoplias family. i have one and it always swims at the top of my tank.
 
I agree the reds are very active once the comfortable mine was always swimming back and forth I have 2 malas now one is very active but they are just juveniles

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wolfer said:
I agree the reds are very active once the comfortable mine was always swimming back and forth I have 2 malas now one is very active but they are just juveniles

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once malas get to adults, they get super lazy! lol
 
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