Snakeheads illegal in America?

[t Hizzle]

if its a snake head kill it

 

[NilePufferFanatic]

i bet its like a bowfin or something lol

I like this guess. Right location and the fish look very similar, look at this Parks and Wildlife site from Texas: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/snakehead_bowfin.phtml

 

[rba718]

Alright, I think this is probably the best picture I'm going to get. It kept leaving every time I showed up to snap a shot so yeah.

I'm guessing it might not be an actual Snakehead afterall, seeing as they come from places like Africa and Asia and not SA. Oh well, I was starting to enjoy the fact that I might've found one but even then my tank isn't big enough for it anyway. So can anyone ID for me?

 

[rba718]

I like this guess. Right location and the fish look very similar, look at this Parks and Wildlife site from Texas: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/snakehead_bowfin.phtml

They do look very much alike, I can see now how I could've gotten confused.

 

[varanio]

thats a crenchie, its a sa pike .

 

[t Hizzle]

that doesnt look like a bowfin....

 

[Angler]

Pike Cichlid

 

[rba718]

thats a crenchie, its a sa pike .

O_O

Oh wow, I think you're right, I used to see those all the time at this other LFS I shop at. Though this guy seems to like the bottom of the tank. Don't pikes normally swim about?

Oh well, anyway thanks for the help guys.

 

[killerfish]

nope not a SH its a pike sp. bellycrawler it will stay on the bottom alot untill feeding time

good thing for you if you got cought with a SH you could be faceing some jail time or a hefty fine

if it was a SH don't kill it but what ever you do DON'T let it go in the wild especially if it was the one in the pic you posted that was a redline snake head there one of the only SH that can survive in the wild

whoops your in florida theres alot of SH that could survive there

 

[rba718]

nope not a SH its a pike sp. bellycrawler

good thing for you if you got cought with a SH you could be faceing some jail time or a hefty fine

Yeah, I'm actually glad. I was worried about that but I really felt bad for it. This shop wasn't very good at keeping its fish.