New to me polypterus

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i know rehoboth aquatics (check buy/sell forum) can get retropinnis (aka Zaire Green) whenever they are in season. he's a wholesaler but also does retail. other than that i'd say they are rather uncommon in the US, and it's unlikely to come across one at any random store as you would with senegalus.
 
Polypterus palmas polli is very often mislabeled as retropinnis by suppliers and such (in the US at least). and as mentioned there is a P. retropinnis, which is a very different species.
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I agree, this happens quite often here in the US.

Old pics below:

1.) Polli, is bichir furthest to the right of the group.
2.) ex retropinnis.

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thanks for the pics. I think I will have to wait 'till they color up some more.
 
PhullTank57;561906; said:
Old pics below:

1.) Polli, is bichir furthest to the right of the group.
2.) ex retropinnis.
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jconley, fyi, the 2nd fish phulltank posted that he labeled 'ex retropinnis' used to be called retropinnis, but is now renamed and known as mokelembembe, hence the label 'ex' in his post. This is a different species from the Zaire Green i mentioned before, which has now taken on the name retropinnis.
 
jconley, fyi, the 2nd fish phulltank posted that he labeled 'ex retropinnis' used to be called retropinnis, but is now renamed and known as mokelembembe, hence the label 'ex' in his post. This is a different species from the Zaire Green i mentioned before, which has now taken on the name retropinnis.
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Good eye, infblue. That is right. P. retropinnis retropinnis was changed to P. mokelembembe just not to long ago. These are old pics of my past polys... and those were the current scientific names of them at that time, before being recently updated. Thank you for catching. :)

More past pics:

1.) P. mokelembembe w/ H. scrombroides "payara"
2.) P. polli (thickest poly at the bottom) w/ poly sp. (e. congicus, p. weeksii, p. delhezi, p. lapradei) along w/ Brachyplatystoma filamentosum "piraiba".

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Its a great book for pictures and identification however it sadly lacks hobbyist information
which Jurrasic fish (tfh) while dated covers better-Anne
 
Thanks for the book recomendation! I am a big fan of the Aqualog series, but $80 is a bit much right now.
 
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