Help to identify specie with description
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I tried to take a picture with cell phone camera but it was to dark and it would not stay still for even a split second... It pointed upward against the glass swimming like crazy back and forth like a side-winder 2" from top water level. I tapped on the glass and it swam away but wen straight back to the same spot doing the same thing.
I can only draw a image of what it looked like.
There is "NO" dorsal fins at all from Head to Tail
The head looks like this.
The image I drawn is what I see while it's swimming, underside.
Any Ideas?
I can only draw a image of what it looked like.
There is "NO" dorsal fins at all from Head to Tail
The head looks like this.
The image I drawn is what I see while it's swimming, underside.
Any Ideas?
my only guess is one that has already been posted. At that length and thickness as well as the matching polypterus head..........................
ropefish- Erpetoichthys calabaricus
ropefish- Erpetoichthys calabaricus
dark_knights_99;1789322; said:
fishlover88;1832954; said:
You right, it is a Erpetoichthys calabaricus
I was able to find better pictures with the scientific name and it's a match.
I think because of the small size that it was a baby and the texture on the body is not as visible as it is with the more mature Ropefish. That's why when I looked at the ropefish before I remember the fish I seen had a more smooth body.
Anyway thanks for the help.
I'll call the pet store and tell them how retarded they are for naming it the "Blue Dolphin Torpedo"
Well... I just got back from that pet store again and had another look..
They have rope fish and they look like the one in the picture above, but the fish I was trying to find out what it was is not the Ropefish...
I thought maybe it was a baby but it's not.
Here's another description:
Length and fin location is all the same.
The skin of the fish is like the same as a Rainbow Trout, same colors, more gray tint than the trout though.
The width of the body is 3/16" and about 1/4" to 5/16" tall.
The head is about double the width of it's body.
I did not notice any antennae from it's face like the other fish mentioned above, but it could have them, The fish are extremely active and can not stay still for even a split second, non stop active.
This is why it's so hard to get a good description, IT WONT STOP MOVING!
I can't get a picture of it because it moves to much in low light for my shutter speed to be able to get a sharp image.
They have rope fish and they look like the one in the picture above, but the fish I was trying to find out what it was is not the Ropefish...
I thought maybe it was a baby but it's not.
Here's another description:
Length and fin location is all the same.
The skin of the fish is like the same as a Rainbow Trout, same colors, more gray tint than the trout though.
The width of the body is 3/16" and about 1/4" to 5/16" tall.
The head is about double the width of it's body.
I did not notice any antennae from it's face like the other fish mentioned above, but it could have them, The fish are extremely active and can not stay still for even a split second, non stop active.
This is why it's so hard to get a good description, IT WONT STOP MOVING!
I can't get a picture of it because it moves to much in low light for my shutter speed to be able to get a sharp image.
Hi,
from that you told us i would guess that it is a fish of the fam. Cetopsidae or trychomimidea (something like that =) ) these fish scoal together with the Cetopsis and attack bigger fishes and eat carcasses. Look here :
http://www.aqualog.de/news/web72/PM.pdf
Is it this one ??
Or : http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=702
these two spec. have the same behav. as the Blue Whale Catfish.... would be nice to scoal them togehter... =)
from that you told us i would guess that it is a fish of the fam. Cetopsidae or trychomimidea (something like that =) ) these fish scoal together with the Cetopsis and attack bigger fishes and eat carcasses. Look here :
http://www.aqualog.de/news/web72/PM.pdf
Is it this one ??
Or : http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=702
these two spec. have the same behav. as the Blue Whale Catfish.... would be nice to scoal them togehter... =)
No idea what it was and no one else went to that store to check it out.
I have not seen one of these fish any where on here or the internet.
I wouldn't buy it anyway so really I don't care anymore, I just really wanted to know since the name was labeled wrong
I have not seen one of these fish any where on here or the internet.
I wouldn't buy it anyway so really I don't care anymore, I just really wanted to know since the name was labeled wrong
