Neolissochilus benasi at Fish Story

[thebiggerthebetter]

Obtained from Wes too in Jan 2019 at 3". Today 5 months later it is around 6". Easy. Greedy. Smart.

Look for this fish in the following video (it can be seen in the thumbnail screenshot of the video too, in the center):

Other Google images:

 

[esoxlucius]

I don't believe it, you've put a fish on that stays small!!!! Usually the fish you tease us with grow to be umpty zillion inches long.

I love it, reminds of the siamese algae eater.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I don't believe it, you've put a fish on that stays small!!!! Usually the fish you tease us with grow to be umpty zillion inches long.

Why do you think it stays small?
I hope this is not too small

from https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...19-stock-list-going-fast.717558/#post-8101826

***( very rare) Neolissochilus benasi - Lao Cai Province/ Red river basin, Kungming China. Also super rare and amazing colors., with gold and iridescent scales and a crooked black line along the body makes an amazing display. They can reach 30" in the wild. These are wild fish, you will not find from anyone else in the USA supplying them. 3-4" $100.00 each 5-6" $175.00 each
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...set=pcb.1947978175256369&type=3&theater&ifg=1

 

[esoxlucius]

Why do you think it stays small?
I hope this is not too small

from https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...19-stock-list-going-fast.717558/#post-8101826

I looked it up and it said on "fishbase" that it's max length is about 17cm. The neolissochilus are quite a big family and some of them do get huge. I was sure that the benasi strain was the one that reaches 17cm. Maybe i'm mistaken.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I looked it up and it said on "fishbase" that it's max length is about 17cm. The neolissochilus are quite a big family and some of them do get huge. I was sure that the benasi strain was the one that reaches 17cm. Maybe i'm mistaken.

You are right about the FishBase.

You got them too from Wes? One thing you got correct. I'd be sorely disappointed if they maxed out at 17 cm. Hoping for at least 1.5' = 45 cm. I hope this fish is merely poorly studied. FishBase won't record any sort of size where the evidence falls short of their rigorous scientific standards, which means for fish that are just discovered, just described, or poorly known, the max size doesn't reflect the reality just yet. It will take time.

Perhaps I am mistaken but I suppose they only go by published, peer-reviewed scientific literature and maybe popular science literature too, so no private data or anecdotal data are given any consideration.

 

[Bertie07]

I quickly looked this fish up and there’s not much on it but fish bases max size of 17cm but when you go on images there’s one of them that looks to be massive, definitely 2’ plus but could be an exception as that’s the only photo of a big one

 

[esoxlucius]

You are right about the FishBase.

You got them too from Wes? One thing you got correct. I'd be sorely disappointed if they maxed out at 17 cm. Hoping for at least 1.5' = 45 cm. I hope this fish is merely poorly studied. FishBase won't record any sort of size where the evidence falls short of their rigorous scientific standards, which means for fish that are just discovered, just described, or poorly known, the max size doesn't reflect the reality just yet. It will take time.

Perhaps I am mistaken but I suppose they only go by published, peer-reviewed scientific literature and maybe popular science literature too, so no private data or anecdotal data are given any consideration.

I'm hoping and praying i'm wrong about the 17cm. The price list shows a 6" fish to be $175. That would be $175 for a fish that's not going to grow any bigger!! I'd be gutted

 

[kendragon]

VikTOR,
Show us how it's done.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

VikTOR,
Show us how it's done.

Haha, thank you, Ken, for that! Could that be yours?

I quickly looked this fish up and there’s not much on it but fish bases max size of 17cm but when you go on images there’s one of them that looks to be massive, definitely 2’ plus but could be an exception as that’s the only photo of a big one

Thank you, Bertie. Would you care to find the photo again and post it, please, desirably with a link to its original site? I couldn't find such a photo or photos after a short 30 min search.

 

[Bertie07]

Haha, thank you, Ken, for that! Could that be yours?



Thank you, Bertie. Would you care to find the photo again and post it, please, desirably with a link to its original site? I couldn't find such a photo or photos after a short 30 min search.

I found it just going through google images, the website is foreign and doesn’t seem to open on my phone but I have a screenshot of the photo, it may not be the same fish as the black bar seems to be faded but that could just happen with size