Snakehead Substitute?

[Redearsunfish]

these are pretty cool, this was the type of response i was looking for, doesn't have to be aggressive or big just look like a snakehead or behave, i know there is a betta species that look literally like a mini snakehead, can someone get me more info on that? there orange and have like black lips

I know the fish you are speaking of.... I think... I cant remember the name...

 

[kavin2845]

I know the fish you are speaking of.... I think... I cant remember the name...

I found them, they are called Betta Macrostoma, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1dj5Rp9As

very cool wonder where i can find some

 

[Redearsunfish]

I found them, they are called Betta Macrostoma, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1dj5Rp9As

very cool wonder where i can find some

Very cool, wasn't even this fish I was thinking of.

 

[aldiaz33]

I had a pike that looked and acted like a snakehead. I was told he was a Johanna Pike. It's a bad picture, but he had green and blue speckles on his sides that reminded me of a micropeltes.

 

[Redearsunfish]

I had a pike that looked and acted like a snakehead. I was told he was a Johanna Pike. It's a bad picture, but he had green and blue speckles on his sides that reminded me of a micropeltes.

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Yup, very snakehead like

 

[MN_Rebel]

these are pretty cool, this was the type of response i was looking for, doesn't have to be aggressive or big just look like a snakehead or behave, i know there is a betta species that look literally like a mini snakehead, can someone get me more info on that? there orange and have like black lips

That would be Betta channoides, not Betta macrostoma.