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[dimebag]

nice baby lapradei!

 

[Kenta]

90% P. lapradei
10% chance for P. bichir

The difference is very hard to tell, when they are so small.

According to recent publications, P. lapradei (former P.bichir lapradei) is no subspecies of P. bichir anymore.

A good indicator is the country of origin, as P. lapradei is spread more in the western areas of africa, P. bichir rather in central africa.

BG
Thomas

Cool, do you have an online link by any chance?

 

[Infblue]

street: i know the aqualog polypterus book raise all subspecies to species status. not sure about other publications though.

and i would have to agree with loubard. this is a lapradei (subspecies or not) not bichir bichir

 

[Taz2478]

thanks for the assurance. bought it as a palmas bichir for 20 but thanks to ras's addiction of these fish I figured it was something else. It was kind of drab at the store but once it hit my tank it darkened.

 

[rasdbo]

thanks for the assurance. bought it as a palmas bichir for 20 but thanks to ras's addiction of these fish I figured it was something else. It was kind of drab at the store but once it hit my tank it darkened.

yeah sucker it should have been mine , i will catch the next one for my collection!!!! thanks for the book from aqualog have already read ir three times and love the pics of african river sytems. GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!!!

 

[Daniel Machado]

Nice baby lapradei. Keep us updated.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[DrBranDo]

good luck with your nice bishir Taz2478.

 

[Taz2478]

couldnt get a good pic but that anal piece that tells sex looks solid, that would make it a male right???

Also cant get it to eat anything other than rosies, whats a good frozen food that would sink to the bottom?

 

[Loubard]

Yeah, but the fish is probably a bit to young to tell for shure. Schrimp and smelt would be good frozen foods.

 

[rasdbo]

man throw in some small pieces of shrimp or come get some sinking pellets from me, still got some hakirie sinking pellets left!!!!