Malawai Mormyraid

[Bottomfeeder]

I just saw on Discovery's Planet Earth a fish called a Malawai Dolphin Fish that feeds at night with electric fields on sleeping Cichlids. They looked to be a good 2 feet long!
Any info??

 

[cr8on]

Sounds like Mormyrus tapirus.

 

[miles44]

This site may help:
http://malawicichlids.com/mw11000.htm#morm

As for the actual species - possibly Mormyrus longirostris?
http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aquarium/mormyrus_longirostris.htm

 

[Gene0514]

I saw that too like an hour ago lol
They looked pretty cool
I think Mormyrops anguilloides

 

[lordofthejewsjr]

what time did you see it? i can prob. see it.

 

[Gene0514]

at 8 pm on discovery channel

 

[benzjamin13]

I saw that awhile back...it was very cool to see how they came out at night in a pack.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Sounds like Mormyrus tapirus.

i think hes right.

 

[fwlion]

Mormyrops anguilloides is the species we are all looking for after watching that

Mormyrops anguilloides look at the head shape looks like a dolphin whale body with the head of an aba aba

everything else named off here have long tube like worm eater mouths

 

[channarox]

anguilloides it is...
never kept them before because ive been told they grow slow and are sometimes finicky eaters.