Polypterus bichir lapradei

[Fruitbat]

Here's my latest bichir....an 11 inch Polypterus bichir lapradei. This is the color variant that Toyin is selling as the "Guinea lapradei".

-Joe

 

[DanDanUK]

Wow man thats a very nice Bichir i like these fish very much i'm hoping to get one ( Polypterus Palmas ) within a week or so. thanks for the pic it's a good shot.

 

[piranha45]

how big's that specie get, fruitbat? is he active, or a log?

 

[Fruitbat]

This one gets close to 30 inches and so far it has been reasonably active. Of course I've only had it a couple of days but it has colored up nicely and is eating thawed 'krill' eagerly. I'm going to try it on Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets in a day or so.

-Joe

 

[AlaskaJammin]

I had one of those, but he died in my tank after about two weeks. Got some kind of slime coat problem, and died in my 30 gallon hospital tank. I've got to get another one of those. I have a butikoferi, an ornate, an albino senegalus, an endlocheri, a retropinnis, and a delhezi. Gotta get em all, lol.

 

[PhullTank57]

Great snap shot! Very nice lapradei speciman... great pickup from toyin!


some shotz of my lapradei...





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[Steve_89]

Great fish

 

[buddah101]

I have one of these too but I think I have a Nile Bichir instead of a lap. I think this because of the black banding on it's hind quarters and dorsal. Laps don't have this.

 

[Kenta]

Their colors must vary a bit then, i like the green in yours!

This is mine i got from Toyin about a month ago

 

[Fruitbat]

Street Cypher....

Mine looks very much like yours but a slight bit more green. The flash on the camera really picks the green up on these fish. I'll try to post some more shots in the near future.

-Joe