Help needed in ID of these polys!

[curiouskid]

Hi there, would like to seek some help in identifying these 2 polys that i recently acquired!
Am still relatively new to the hobby and i don't really know how to tell the poly species apart
Thank you

 

[tlindsey]

Hi there, would like to seek some help in identifying these 2 polys that i recently acquired!
Am still relatively new to the hobby and i don't really know how to tell the poly species apart
Thank you

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Lapradei top pic not sure about the other poly. Don't worry poly members will chime in.

 

[curiouskid]

Lapradei top pic not sure about the other poly. Don't worry poly members will chime in.

Appreciate the kind words and fast replies!

 

[Polyaddict86]

1st pic looks to be a faranah lap but might be wrong cause faranah usually are dark color.
2nd pic is nigerian lap.

How long you had them?

Do you have more pic of the 1st lap?

 

[curiouskid]

1st pic looks to be a faranah lap but might be wrong cause faranah usually are dark color.
2nd pic is nigerian lap.

How long you had them?

Do you have more pic of the 1st lap?

Hi there thank you for helping me ID them, i had them for about 2 weeks now
these are the pictures that i have currently on my phone:

- Day of purchase


- 1 week after

 

[curiouskid]

i am really interested in getting a Polypterus Bichir Bichir, but am not so sure on how to differentiate them from the Polypterus Lapradei, any tips on how to tell the two apart distinctly? because the price range can differ quite alot haha

 

[jaws7777]

I could definitely be wrong but the brown one kind of looks like a small pbb. The two are very similar looking at smaller sizes.

My pbb

 

[jaws7777]

Those are some really nice nigerian laps id kill for one like that

 

[Polyaddict86]

Agree with J jaws7777 nigerian lap and polypterus bichir bichir look almost the same when young. Only way to find out is by doing a finlet count, if you have a picture of it having its finlets up we can count them, a nigerian lap would have 14 counts and a pbb would have 15+ count.

 

[Yaponchik]

Hello mate. The first one is a lapradei, and basing on the colour gradient, could have been a Dabola / Guinean Lap. I have on almost exactly like it, specially in terms of colouration.

Second one is a nigerian lap.

For PBBs, they really are hard to tell apart but the most surefire way is 3 clean bars, the head shape (more angry and bullet headed) and fin count. There are arguable cases as laps have an overlap with bichir bichir; scientifically (from published journals dated 1964 and 2003, so yes, old)

PBL
58-68 lateral scales
12-15 dorsal fin rays
13-16 pelvic fin rays

PBB
63-70 lateral scales
14-18 dorsal fin rays
11-13 pelvic fin rays

I am sharing my Dabola Lapradei specimen from Tinkisso River

Day 1


Day 2





Transfer to main tank







Chillin with my pseudo "PBB" (16 dorsal fin rays, 12 pelvic fin rays, topic for another day)



Enjoy them and good luck to your PBB quest!