ID for Pike please

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rmkblades

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I picked up this pike yesterday...it was simply labeled pike. I think I have it narrowed down to Belly Crawler or
Crenicichla-sedentaria.​
The pics are not great since it is hiding and a bit cloudy since I did a water change. I will try to get some better ones up, but it does have a circle marking on its tail and dorsal fin, can't see them in the pics. Wondering if anyone with pike experience can id this one for sure. Thanks
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Ya, that is it. I researched some more and the "belly Crawler" and "Crenicichla sedentaria" are actually the same fish. Duhh, lol. The females look like they get some really nice reds when breeding. What size is yours? What tank mates do you have it with? Any info you can share from personal experience would be great. I've owned a lot of cichlids but never a pike. Thanks
 
When I got her, she came in a bag of 10 x 1" juvies from a Chicago auction last Memorial Day.
After putting them in a 125 gal, she ate at least 8 of her smaller brothers and sisters.
She is now about 5" in a 150 gal with Guinanacara, Acarichthys heckelli, and xCichlasoma ornatum, and at least so far, no overt aggression with those high bodied tankmates. I believe any cylindrical tankmates such as other Crenicicha or maybe even Parachromis (vaguely similar in appearance) might be thought of as competitors
 
crenicichla444 said:
Rmk blades your pike is definetly a belly crawler no doubt about that. One thing to clear up is sedentaria and bellycrawlers are two different species


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You are right. Some sites still list them as one and the same, but after further digging found articles saying otherwise. I guess they were considered the same species until the late 1990's and now go by sp. belly crawler. Kind of a funny scientific id...
I found some articles discussing these two pikes at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups...ssages?messageStartId=4949&archiveSearch=true
 
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