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I was gonna say some sort of labrynth fish....haha...knew it was in the same family as gourami...distinct body and all. I'm more used to climbing perch having a more mottled appearance though...interesting.
How big is it, The ring around the spot in front of it's tail makes me think it might be the smaller cousin, (Ctenopoma breviventrale) here is a pic by F. Teigler and one (also by him) of the (Ctenopoma kingsleyae) for comparison.
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Both species discussed are climbing perch. And, the kingsleyae pic shows an adult specimen with the rudiments of a white ring around the black spot. So, unless we wait for these young fish to grow into adults, it's going to take a scale pattern or ray count to determine actual species.
Thanks. At about the 4" mark the kingsleyae should have only the black spot (similar to a bushfish). Although it has been years since I have had them so I very well could be wrong. The ones that I saw (kingsleyae) for sale recently were 2.5"-3" with the single spot. And true, several species are called the climbing perch. I have mainly seen the A. testudineus for sale as climbing perch.
Well there are at least 4 species that are very similar in appearance and all are called climbing perch, as well as a couple that are easier to ID. If it gets any bigger than around 4" it can't be the breviventrale as that is max for them.
Other than the kingsleyae the ones I can't tell apart (or find a ray count for) are the ocellatum, pertherici, and argentoventer. there are also at least 3 others that are of similar appearence but way to small (3" or less).
One ctenopoma that is definitely not the one is the pellegrini (pic by Teigler), I have never seen one outside a photo but I thought I would share the pic, it looks to me like someone crossed a climbing perch and a snakehead.
Other than the kingsleyae the ones I can't tell apart (or find a ray count for) are the ocellatum, pertherici, and argentoventer. there are also at least 3 others that are of similar appearence but way to small (3" or less).
One ctenopoma that is definitely not the one is the pellegrini (pic by Teigler), I have never seen one outside a photo but I thought I would share the pic, it looks to me like someone crossed a climbing perch and a snakehead.
If someone was able to cross these with snakeheads, would they be legal to keep in the US? I have always wondered on the legality of snakehead hybrids.
