flounder species ID

[toehead11183]

got these today but no species name.
Achirus lineatus?

 

[klmt]

freshwater or salt? freshwater "flounder" are not called flounder.

 

[247Plants]

Trinectes maculatus aka Hogchoker?

 

[hmt321]

that is def a hog choker, did you buy it or catch it in a net?

 

[toehead11183]

bought it 2 for $3

 

[midnight]

yup looks like a hog choker
ive caught many and had no luck with them.
hope you have better luck.
neat fish in a sand tank.few pics in one of my netting threads too.

 

[fishingaddict]

i had a good size one about a yr ago.. cool guy to watch eat... they dont do much else.

heres a short feeding clip.. (my bro got a tad excited)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XCnSOnZnss

 

[Moontanman]

got these today but no species name.
Achirus lineatus?

I've raised them to more than 10" on a diet of live black worms and Daphnia magna. Once they get really big they start wanting to breed and they need salt water to do that. Mine jumped out of the tank after three years of eating every living thing they could stuff into their mouths. Great little preditors

 

[Windex]

where do you guys catch them?

 

[meepster]

Most flounders sold in pet stores are Trinectes maculatus. The hogchoker. They are natives.

Petsmart used to sell Achirus lineatus which was the Peruvian freshwater flounder (which gets bigger than Trinectes maculatus)