ProblEmZ;2544127; said:
It's a bichir, but if the mods wanna move to hybrid section then why not.
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri x bichir lapradei
- Thread starter King-eL
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It's a bichir, but if the mods wanna move to hybrid section then why not.
Cohazard;2544211; said:
I agree.
Who knows some of the regional variant of wild caught bichirs could be hybrid too and hybridizing bichirs in captivity could help out identifying hybrid in the wild.
Cohazard;2544211; said:
First generation perhaps, but if you crossed the two hybrids together you would end up with very varied offspring and that is when the problems could start.
King-eL, you're right about there being naturally occurring hybrids, I've got no idea about the distribution of Polypterus and how many species overlap and share the same habitat, but it is possible.
David R;2545711; said:
That's why hybridizing bichirs should only be in scientific purposes and not for selling them. Unfortunately Asian countries are already doing that.
David R;2545711; said:
Can you refer me to a source where you've seen pictures of fry produced from breeding hybrid bichirs?
A lot of the species overlap, and several can inhabit the same river at different points.
Check out aquaticpredators.com in their bichir section there are maps of the areas inhabited by each species, plenty of overlap.
Cohazard;2545805; said:
No I cant, but its simple genetics. A hybrid between two valid species will produce fairly consistant offspring, but a hybrid between two hybrids will be much more varied offspring.
David R;2546251; said:
That's the thing I'm worried about if two hybrid bicihrs from different species would breed.
Just an example (endli x lap) x (enldi x ornate).
It would look cool, but problematic to people who are new to bichirs, even to an expert unless they have a record for them. Especially when they are sold to an lfs that just name their own for sale fish.
