meat eating livebearer

[dzb912]

havge u guys heard of these?????
i say some on sale on ebay about a mounth ago
they resembled barracudas
but they also resembles female guppies
if you have any pics please show

 

[Aquarist123]

Are you talking of Pike Livebearers, or Belonesox Belizarus? They are an aggressive livebearer, females can get to 6 inches, males less. They are hard to find btw. Just google for some pics and more specs.

 

[rallysman]

Halfbeaks? If what I'm seeing on google is right I have 3 of them.

 

[dzb912]

Halfbeaks? If what I'm seeing on google is right I have 3 of them.

no they dont look like this
almost
theyre dull colored
they look like the normal female guppy without the color on there tails but ALOT bigger
and they have babies the same way

 

[santoury]

You're thinking of Belonesox

 

[dzb912]

You're thinking of Belonesox

yes thats what it is
do you no anything about them??

 

[santoury]

Yes. I've kept them before.

 

[rallysman]

Yes. I've kept them before.

Care to elaborate?

 

[dzb912]

Care to elaborate?

lol
u took the words out of my mouth

 

[santoury]

Well I didn't happen to see any questions asked, but here goes.

They are the largest livebearer, and the only one that depends most heavily on live fish for food, and apparently the males are very nasty to one another. (I've only had females, so cannot say anything for male behavior.)
Behavior wise, they are like a pike - just hovering around pretending to be a giant guppy.
Biggest I've seen was one of my females around 6 inches.