"Lizardfish"

[Aussienative]

Hey guys, i'm interested to learn more about these so called "lizardfish" in the trade, especially the origin of these fish....


I think some species have been acclimatised to freshwater to sell in the trade.....Unless someone can tell me different? Are these fish found in FW naturally elswhere in the world?

The link below is from the rare fish collection by fugupuff

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...cus#post232805


http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2474.html - Link to australian gov site


Also have a look at these links of all the different species...

Platycephalidae....

Ambiserrula jugosa / Mud Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/ajugosa.htm

Cymbacephalus beauforti / Crocodilefish-http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/cbeauforti.htm

Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus / Fringe-eye Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/cnematoph.htm

Platycephalus richardsoni / Tiger Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/nrichardsoni.htm

Platycephalus arenarius / Flag-tail Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/parenar.htm

Platycephalus bassensis / Sand Flathead-http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pbassensis.htm

Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus / Eastern Blue-spotted Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pcaeruleo.htm

Platycephalus fuscus / Dusky Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pfuscus.htm

Platycephalus marmoratus / Marbled Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pmarmorat.htm

Ratabulus diversidens / Freespine Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/about/visitors/imamura.htm

Thysanophrys celebica / Celebes Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tcelebica.htm

Thysanophrys chiltonae / Longsnout Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchiltonae.htm

Thysanophrys cirronasa / Rock Flathead- http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tcirronas.htm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Have a look at the last picture in this link, the picture is of the flatheads eye......AMAZING!!!

 

[Aussienative]

nobody has any info or comments?

 

[Vince]

http://64.95.130.5/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=950

 

[thefishofdoom]

kool fish but i still dont get it mine living in fresh fine. i think thats wierd lol

 

[fisher12889]

I think the freshwater lizardfish are a different species. They look similar but they are still different if you look closely

 

[Aussienative]

I think the freshwater lizardfish are a different species. They look similar but they are still different if you look closely

Are you saying the fish you caught and the fish in all my links are different species? If you are, your right but i already know that

If your saying the FW version in fugupuff's link is different to the SW version in my links, They may look slightly different but they have identical scientific names.

I'd love for someone to shed some light on this....

Another example is the "bumble bee grouper", People keep them in FW but i'm sure their collected from The Great Barrier Reef in Australia....

 

[fisher12889]

Several fish species can be acclimated to freshwater, take the snowflake moray for example, but they dont do very good

 

[Datnoid101]

The lfs I work at has these. I'll try and post some pics. Anybody know other info on these? Food, sizes, temp range, sexing?