i bought a knife. identify please.

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Fire Eel
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i actually bought it a long time ago without getting into too much detail about it since i never go on mfk anymore.

but now just for fun, i'd like to ID it since i keep getting asked and can't define it through google.

i call it the "Happy doodoo" because that is both an excellent name and the best description of it i can come up with.

it looks like a happy, smiling piece of ****. about 12" long. and the front of its face has no visible teeth, 2 beady eyes ontop its head, and the body shape is exactly like a long log of crap. its one of my favorite fish now because it has an active feeding personality and prey often swim up to in and get gulped up in surprise attack. it also follows and tracks food easily and maneuvers like a jet with deadly accuracy (unlike any other knive i owned before suprisingly). even with its tiny pin-sized eyeballs.

it was removed from my 125 and put into a 55 because the 4" dovii i had in there took a chunk out of its side when i first got it (at 10") and it lived. we made a joke about it while it was recovering because it would just lay at the bottom of the sand and hover, my gf would ask how it's doing and i would look at its face and say "he's hurt, but he's very happy about it" since all he does is :).

i can't find a picture, but based off my description, does anyone think they can ID it? thanks.
 
Aba Aba Knife Fish
 
no, its not an aba aba for sure.

my knife is similar, but its skin is brown with some stretch-mark looking stripes along its sides. it has a very flat face. almost the same kinda face as a swamp eel.

found the CLOSEST thing i could find to it. (might be the same species, but with knives, who knows??) looks 99% like mine. it might just be cause its out of water.

knifefish.jpg


knifefish.jpg
 
Looks like a carapo with abk knife. Not sure though
 
Looks like a carapo with abk knife. Not sure though

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ah ha, carapo might be it. this is an image i got on google with that word. it has the same beautiful stupid ass smile on its face. thanks!

as you can see, it really does look like a happy pile of ****.
and it looks like it does have teeth. lol i found this image too. and it was confirmed as the carapo/ banded knife fish.
specimen.jpg


specimen.jpg
 
I think its just the same with the others. Try googling it.
 
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