eyeless bichir?!?!?!

[grmanrocks]

during my daily visit to the LFS i noticed one of theyre ornate bichirs was a little unussual, he had no eyes!!!

not like they were bitten off, they just wernt there, like he was born without them, i was wondering how common this was, or if its a rare occurance. id imagne theres probably alot of eyeless bichirs out there, duy to al the farm breeding and stuff.....

 

[bigvisk]

i would say that even if it is common, it wouldnt be seen as common. although bichers do not really depend upon their eyesite, they are more like bats from what i can gather, i would think that no eyes would be a disadvantage in the wild, making eyeless bichirs easy prey, and in farm breeding, it would be an undesireable trait and culled. so, i guess we'll never know exactly how common it is.

 

[Fish_are_fishfood]

Was he priced any differently? more/less?

 

[davo]

No hollows like the sockets, ive seen them loose eyes and heal but there would always be some kind of indentation where the eyes were.

 

[grmanrocks]

no indication of eyes at all, just a head patterned as if there were no eyes ever, no eyes........ really kind of wierd, if i had the money id totaly pick him up, but hes $30 and i dont really have the tank space....

 

[me_wee_todded]

think you could score some pics?

 

[Infblue]

i don't know how rare it is or how often they pop up in farm breeding, but i know there are eyeless P. endli endli in japan.

 

[beblondie]

Polypterids depend more on thier sense of smell than eyesight for locating food-Anne