Freshwater Groupers

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DanDanUK

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Hi guy's

I really don't know that much about these fish somthing i have never really looked into keeping. How many different freshwater species are there ? and what sizes do they grow to ? anyone got any pic's of all or any of these species of fish ?

I remember seeing a pair of them in my LFS a couple of months ago and they were both 15" plus they were huge and look great.
 
DanDanUK said:
Hi guy's

I really don't know that much about these fish somthing i have never really looked into keeping. How many different freshwater species are there ? and what sizes do they grow to ? anyone got any pic's of all or any of these species of fish ?

I remember seeing a pair of them in my LFS a couple of months ago and they were both 15" plus they were huge and look great.
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Which LFS did you see them in?
You aren't talking about the Bumblebee groupers or mangrove snappers are you?
I don't think the bumblebee ever reached the UK and they are not freshwater fish but converted fish.
What did it look like?
 
They were definatly not Bumblebee groupers i know what they are!

They could have actually been Gray mangrove Snappers ( Lutjanus griseus ).

The LFS i wen't to wasn't my normal one he had them labled as freshwater groupers.
 
There is one species that I have found info on that while normally brackish is found in full fresh water as adults in New Guinea. It is the whitedotted grouper (Epinephelus polystigma) It gets only 15-16" long. there are several small snappers that can live in fresh water. here is a pic by J.E.Randall of the grouper. Nice looking fish.
 
Are those whitedotted groupers ever available for sale in the hobby?
 
I saw one not long ago, online, Aquabid I think, but have just recently even heard of them. Someone posted it in the identification game so I looked it up.
 
Did you see these at Wharf Aquatics? How much were they?
Aren't they fully marine when older? Would be interested to know. :thumbsup:
 
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