Who has the biggest endi in MFK?
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Ariel:
Doesn't it seem obvious how to determine what species that huge bicir is? Although books can be wrong wouldn't it make more sense to refer back to scientific publications rather than going by word-of-mouth? Im sure we all have experienced blatant labiling errors by LFS's. Is it hard to believe that the owner might just take their word for it? We're fairly experienced fish keepers right? We should know where to find the information we need. Im not trying to rip on anyone but it bothers me that so many would settle for word-of-mouth when we could just make an educated descision for ourselves. So that is where the
comes in. But hey don't listen to me I like fish all my friends say look like lazy sausages.
Doesn't it seem obvious how to determine what species that huge bicir is? Although books can be wrong wouldn't it make more sense to refer back to scientific publications rather than going by word-of-mouth? Im sure we all have experienced blatant labiling errors by LFS's. Is it hard to believe that the owner might just take their word for it? We're fairly experienced fish keepers right? We should know where to find the information we need. Im not trying to rip on anyone but it bothers me that so many would settle for word-of-mouth when we could just make an educated descision for ourselves. So that is where the
comes in. But hey don't listen to me I like fish all my friends say look like lazy sausages.
Ariel said:Problem is it dont eat much now, I always put lots of koi feeder in the tank, bought the big packet from pasir ris, 1"+ koi feeder after ~3mths become ~3", still have many there
i guess you gotta have patience then....
Can u kindly show me the pic, still dont under which fish u r referring to?armed2teeth said:Ariel:
Doesn't it seem obvious how to determine what species that huge bicir is? Although books can be wrong wouldn't it make more sense to refer back to scientific publications rather than going by word-of-mouth? Im sure we all have experienced blatant labiling errors by LFS's. Is it hard to believe that the owner might just take their word for it? We're fairly experienced fish keepers right? We should know where to find the information we need. Im not trying to rip on anyone but it bothers me that so many would settle for word-of-mouth when we could just make an educated descision for ourselves. So that is where the
If u r referring to first pic in#1, well , it shd be endlicheri, might be a endlicheri congicus, reasons being:armed2teeth said:Back to the topic of this thread..... Count dorsal spines! There you go. senegal
1) size, senegal dont have this size, congicus can go up to 39"
2)lower jaw, only endlicheri sp, p endlicheri endlicheri or p endlicheri congicus have this type of jaw( lower jaw more prominent)
What do u think?
Ariel said:
Im leaning towards congicus becuase of the absense of stripes. I've never seen pictures of e. endlicheris lacking those stripes. Then again Ive never seen one that big, Im tempted to say that that picture could be doctor'd (I hope not). I was looking through the Polypterus Aqualog book and saw a huge 24" bichir with stripes, that they were calling a congicus and not endli like I thought it was. So as long as we got the right sub species and not a mutant freak senagal I can live with that.
Pardon my ignorance
But isn't P. bichir bichr capable of 120cm/40+ inches
The head structure alone might classify it towards the family of bichirs with large heads and underslung lowerjaws.
I am quite sure that P bichir bichir is capable of that cream colour.
But isn't P. bichir bichr capable of 120cm/40+ inches
The head structure alone might classify it towards the family of bichirs with large heads and underslung lowerjaws.
I am quite sure that P bichir bichir is capable of that cream colour.
