Guess what monster fish this is
- Thread starter redtailfool
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This thread has been dormant too long. Here's a neat fish I just saw in person that I'd love to be able to find for myself. He looks like if you touched him he'd feel like those fuzzy hotel blankets. My location probably gives it away to anyone else local...
DaveB;2022570; said:
look like a black shark looks the same as my redtailed shark without the red tail
is it a BlackFIN Shark?
Almost looks like a Carp/Catfish morph. I say morph since they can't hybirize.
Almost looks like a Carp/Catfish morph. I say morph since they can't hybirize.
DaveB;2022570; said:
this is how you play., first of all it has an adipose fin, a little black fin towards the tail, which probably means its not a black shark (labeo) or cyprinid.
then you look at the surrounding fish, which are synodontis sp. which are from Africa.
he's in a public aquarium, so "usually" they keep fish from the same geographical location together., he's in chicago, which means Shedd Aquarium, a very well set up aquarium.
With the adipose fin, its a Characin from Africa, which Distichodus first comes to mind, then you search through a list of fish in that genus, and bingo!
Disctichodus rostratus!
