Snakehead Substitute

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Man, I really hate to be the one posting this. I'm afraid bowfins and California don't go well together:

CALIFORNIA prohibited fish species -- illegal to import, transport, or possess live specimens w/o a permit


(4) Class Agnatha - Jawless Fishes

(A) Family Petromyzontidae - Lampreys All nonnative species (D).

(5) Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fishes

(A) Family Percichthyidae - Temperate Basses

1. The species Morone americana (White perch) (D).

2. The species Morone chrysops (White bass) (D).

(B ) Family Clupeidae - Herrings Dorosoma cepedianum (Gizzard shad) (D).

(C ) Family Sciaenidae - Drums Aplodinotus grunniens (freshwater drum) (D).

(D) Family Characidae - Characins

1. Astyanax fasciatus (Banded tetra) (D).

2. All species of the genera Serrasalmus, Serrasalmo, Pygocentrus, Taddyella, Rooseveltiella, and Pygopristis (Piranhas) (D).

3. Hoplias malabaricus (Tiger fish) (D).

(E) Family Salmonidae - Trouts Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) - Restricted in the Smith River watershed (D).

(F) Family Lepisosteidae - Gars All species (D).

(G) Family Amiidae - Bowfins All species (D).

(H) Family Poeciliidae - Livebearers Belonesox belizanus (Pike killifish) (D).

(I) Family Channidae - Snakeheads All species (D).

(J) Family Cyprinidae - Carps and Minnows

1. Leuciscus idus (ide) (D).

2. Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Grass carp) (D), except that permits may be issued to a person, organization or agency for possession of triploid grass carp, under conditions set forth in Section 238.6.

3. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver carp) (D).

4. Aristichthys nobilis (Bighead carp) (D).

(K) Family Trichomycteridae (Pygidiidae) - Parasitic Catfishes. All species (D).

(L) Family Cetopsidae - Whalelike Catfishes. All species (D).

(M) Family Clariidae - Labyrinth Catfishes All species of the genera Clarias, Dinotopterus, and Heterobranchus (D).

(N) Family Heteropneustidae (Saccobranchidae) - Airsac Catfishes All species (D).

(O) Family Cichlidae - Cichlids

1. Tilapia sparrmani (Banded Tilapia) (D).

2. Tilapia zilli (Redbelly tilapia) (D), except permits may be issued to a person or agency for importation, transportation, or possession in the counties of San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial.

3. Tilapia aurea (Blue tilapia) (D).

4. Tilapia nilotica (Nile tilapia) (D).

(P) Family Anguillidae - Freshwater Eels. All species of genus Anguilla (D).

(Q) Family Esocidae - Pikes all species (D).

(R ) Family Percidae - Perches

1. Perca flavescens (Yellow perch) (D).

2. Stizostedion vitreum (Walleye) (D).

(S) Family Catostomidae - Suckers All members of the genus Ictiobus (Buffalos) (D).

(T) Family Cyprinodontidae - Killifishes Cyprinodon variegatus (Sheepshead minnow) (D).

(6) Class Elasmobranchiomorphi - Cartilaginous Fishes

(A) Family Carcharhinidae - Requiem Sharks All species of genus Carcharhinus (Freshwater sharks) (D).

(B ) Family Potamotrygonidae - River stingrays All species (D).


Source: California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 671. These regulations are promulgated by the California Fish and Game Commission pursuant to statutory authority set forth in the California Fish and Game Code. (There's a statutory list too, but the one from the regulations is more complete. The statutes only contain the original list, whereas the regulations also include all species added by the Commission.)
 
I am glad i had a red line back in the day when they where legal now i know that they are just a cigar shaped oscar on crack. All they think about or do is eat. Don't get me wrong I would give my left testicle for a bleheri :naughty: but you are not missing that much.

As for bowfins i accidentally caught one pike fishing it was all of 2 feet long and I was very relieved when it spit the hook on shore because i was not going any where near it's mouth :WHOA:
 
they are nothing like an oscar, totally different personality, and a hell of a lot more savage. THey have big teeth too, and rip tankmates in half.

You are missing a lot, channas are the daddy of aquarium predators.
 
I Said "oscar on crack" LOL like i said bleheri are sweet as hell because they look awesome but my red lines where never that exciting
 
My friend just bought a bowfin not too long ago (he just beat me to the store where it was being sold). It's an awesome fish. It may not be a real snakehead, but it's a pretty damn good substitute.
 
my lps got a 14" bowfin
 
johno27 said:
I Said "oscar on crack" LOL like i said bleheri are sweet as hell because they look awesome but my red lines where never that exciting
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Are you sure you kept reds?

If you think reds are not that exciting, go into the video lounge now, and download catfish Vs snakeheads.

And saying it's like an oscar on crack is still saying it's like an oscar, just a heightened form of oscar. Having kept both fish, I like them both, but they are not similar at all.

Channas are a HELL of a lot meaner, they breath air, can survive out of water, are long, have big teeth, are a different species, have more character but are less personable, grow much bigger, are more unpredictable, and more extreme, and can swallow much bigger fish :D

Also an oscar is a "bully" fish, it will bully tankmates, flare it's gills, pretend to charge them, establish territory etc. A snakehead is not like this at all, a snakehead is a killer. It will one day turn around and just rip a tankmate in half rather than bully it and beat it up.

I don't understand your analogy at all, snakeheads are similar to oscars purely because they both eat a lot? :confused:
 
hes a flaper... reds arent exicting LOL
 
My anology is every video i see the snakehead is just sitting there waiting for food I think that is a very similar personality to an oscar I do agree that oscars are more freindly. I am not saying that snakeheads are not ruthless eaters but if i want to see a small animal destroyed i will feed my 4 foot savanah monitor not watch some fish swallow another fish. :screwy:
 
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