My Albino Knife

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It's shape, mouth, and the size of it's eyes look like papyrocranus afer. I have a black one.

Is it aggressive? If so it's a papy, if not, well it's some other featherback ;)
 
Gr8KarmaSF;544113; said:
i was thinking a featherback! nice to see another teacher here! i also keep a tank in my classroom as well...what grade do you teach?
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4th grade ... you?
 
JardiniBoy;544443; said:
4th grade ... you?
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kinder/first combo - yes i know im :screwy: but you have to be for this combo :ROFL:
 
Gr8KarmaSF;545145; said:
kinder/first combo - yes i know im :screwy: but you have to be for this combo :ROFL:
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:D Aren't we all?

I do have some private students that age and they're a blast ... sponges too!

About the knife, I'm still undecided as to whether is an albino featherfin / asian knife (notopterus notopterus) or an albino papyrocranus afer.

It does look rather like the featherfin in the pic below, but whiter. It also says that they're farm bred.

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Knifefish/FeatherfinKnifefish.php
 
Daniel Machado;545625; said:
I think it's an albino BEAUTIFUL knife... :ROFL:
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Me too! :D

I started him eating small raw shrimp pieces this week and he's loving it..
 
Hi JB,

I have a similar fish and suspect it's Notopterus notopterus. Even the lfs seller wasn't sure of its identity :irked:

I'm glad to know someone is keeping this fish. Mine's growing rather rapidly from 3.5" to almost 5" in 3 months. AKs are reputedly known to reach maximum length of 1 foot in the wild. I shall have to find that out personally with time. He's a gem.

Regards, Vix
 
wintervixen;551047; said:
Hi JB,

I have a similar fish and suspect it's Notopterus notopterus. Even the lfs seller wasn't sure of its identity :irked:

I'm glad to know someone is keeping this fish. Mine's growing rather rapidly from 3.5" to almost 5" in 3 months. AKs are reputedly known to reach maximum length of 1 foot in the wild. I shall have to find that out personally with time. He's a gem.

Regards, Vix
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I agree with you now. I don't think it's papyrocranus afer anymore cos they're so rare and my knife was quite cheap. What are you feeding yours?
 
Nice Albino! Looking at the face and how the nose is blunt...I'm going to say you have an Albino Notopterus Notopterus. I've seen them on sale a few times. Not very often :( But I've read that they are the most aggressive out of the Asain Featherfins. They can reach 2 feet in the wild and will grow about 10" to 12" in captivity. Good luck with it! Gorgous little guy!
 
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