Hey everyone, I was wondering what the rarest or most expensive bichir is. I have an ornate bichir but I see there are many different types. The Doctor.
What's the Rarest Bichir?
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this question has come up before, you can do a search on the forum. But heres a version of what i said before.
Rarest (contenders):
a) P. bichir bichir - definitely rarest outside japan, as theres not a single verifiable specimen outside japan. However, it's available in japan since late 2002/early 2003, and the japanese have recently succeeded in breeding them.
b) P. ansorgii - also very rare. only a few places worldwide have imported them. Keep in mind, they debuted in the hobby some time in 2006, and before that, for close to a century, only a few museum pickled specimens were known. So that puts a different perspective on this species.
c) P. teugelsi - very rare as well. new species described in 2004, became available in 2006/2007. again only a few places worldwide have imported them.
in short, excluding Japan, rarest would be bichir bichir. But worldwide, including japan, i'm not sure how the numbers stack up, as (a) is being bred in japan now, but (b) and (c) are not at this time. On the other hand, there're more wild imports of (b).
Rarest (contenders):
a) P. bichir bichir - definitely rarest outside japan, as theres not a single verifiable specimen outside japan. However, it's available in japan since late 2002/early 2003, and the japanese have recently succeeded in breeding them.
b) P. ansorgii - also very rare. only a few places worldwide have imported them. Keep in mind, they debuted in the hobby some time in 2006, and before that, for close to a century, only a few museum pickled specimens were known. So that puts a different perspective on this species.
c) P. teugelsi - very rare as well. new species described in 2004, became available in 2006/2007. again only a few places worldwide have imported them.
in short, excluding Japan, rarest would be bichir bichir. But worldwide, including japan, i'm not sure how the numbers stack up, as (a) is being bred in japan now, but (b) and (c) are not at this time. On the other hand, there're more wild imports of (b).
LiuHsi;1620581; said:
forums and internet.
I think inf said it best, he gave the list of the top contenders. Congicus is fairly uncommon as well.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.pbase.com/u47/pschia/small/30422303.Polypterusbichirbichir01m.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/pschia/oddballs%26page%3Dall&h=82&w=160&sz=6&hl=en&start=1&sig2=JBfC0V149X0HiXYaCjtBag&um=1&tbnid=M4pci0XSIikJ-M:&tbnh=50&tbnw=98&ei=szLiR9-EGZTopgSQq7G3CA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpolypterus%2Bbichir%2Bbichir%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS252US260%26sa%3DN
if you scroll down you will see it. But they call it the nile bichir
if you scroll down you will see it. But they call it the nile bichir
i agree...
bichir bichir is the most uncommon outside of japan since no one outside of japan has any.
whereas people outside japan do have tuegelsi and ansorgii.
bichir bichir is the most uncommon outside of japan since no one outside of japan has any.
whereas people outside japan do have tuegelsi and ansorgii.
