ID on this freshwater grouper

[Ajtennis]

Just got this, he's less than an inch


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[krichardson]

That's no grouper,it is a bullrout,an Australian brackish water fish.

 

[Ajtennis]

He's in a freshwater tank... Wat should I do?


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[Gill Blue]

put it in a brackish tank. and don't poke yourself.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Krich is right. That aint a Grouper. I think they are also called Waspfish.

 

[NitroDempsey]

That's a bullrout, if is stings you it's painful as all hell. You bought this as a grouper Bahahahaha


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[ColeFishing]

I've known them as waspfish. I think they look really cool. Either sell it or put in a brackish setup. I don't think they get bigger than 4"


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[krichardson]

Actually a store in this area seems to order them pretty regularly.They always seem to have a tank full of them and they are labeled as butterfly grouper or something like that.They are said to reach almost a foot in length but I have never seen them over a few inches.


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[Oddball]

They're also sold as the Butterfly goby (Vespicula depressifrons). They're brackish, grow to about 4", require lots of cover in the way of rocks and plants, and usually only feed on live foods since they're pounce predators. Incorporating live gammarus in their setup goes a long way towards providing proper nutrition for them along with black worms, brine shrimp, etc.

 

[krichardson]

I remember in one of my old books they were referred to as Notesthes robusta


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