chinese hi finned banded shark

[scottsbt1690]

has anyone vever kept one of these?, what are they like?, how big do they get?, temprement etc

cheers

scott
scotland

 

[LoachLover]

has anyone vever kept one of these?, what are they like?, how big do they get?, temprement etc

cheers

scott
scotland

I haven't kept them, I was looking them up for you though.

 

[dirtydogg]

Link

paraphrase:
cold water species getting up to 40" in length. says it is an endangered species care instructions are similar to a goldfish.

 

[LoachLover]

Link

paraphrase:
cold water species getting up to 40" in length. says it is an endangered species care instructions are similar to a goldfish.

Nice, I'll look too for the heck of it

 

[yossie_ika]

I used to have it with my kois.......they are good companions for cold water fish

 

[G_Sharky]

Yup they are good tankmates for gold fish if you have a huge tank, personally i'm not a big fan of them consedering they are pretty pricey and don't have a lot of colour....they are more for the oddball types......

 

[snasxs]

James Koga's web site is false. I am shocked by the misinformation on the internet about this fish. The High Fin Banded Shark is an appealing fish in juvenile form as well as an adult. This fish has been successfully breeding in fish farms throughout Asia.

A description of the Asian Sucker fish from fishbase.com: ( http/www.fishbase.com/Summary/Spe...ry.php?id=12304 )

"Body color in fries brown with 3 slanted dark bands on side of body; male adults red, female dark purple and a broad rouge-red vertical zone along lateral of body. Triangular and dorsal fin higher, extremely long and reaching as far as opposing to rear of anal fin; lips thick and with many small papilla; barbels absent; pharyngeal teeth 1 row and arranged like a comb (Ref. 45563)."

The following images are from Sichuan province of China.

The following image of young adults is from aquarticle.com

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> I am shocked by the misinformation on the internet about this fish.

This is the internet, there is a lot of rubbish written about most species/issues if you look.

A working link to the fishbase description. Note fishbase, a pretty reliable site, gives a maximum size of 600mm whilst most people who have seen these things know that they grow much larger, indeed, the supporting pictures FL posted show a substantially larger fish.

Read many sources, learn which are more reliable then others, then treat the consensus of the "Good" with a measure of doubt.

 

[snasxs]

>>> I am shocked by the misinformation on the internet about this fish.

This is the internet, there is a lot of rubbish written about most species/issues if you look.

A working link to the fishbase description. Note fishbase, a pretty reliable site, gives a maximum size of 600mm whilst most people who have seen these things know that they grow much larger, indeed, the supporting pictures FL posted show a substantially larger fish.

Read many sources, learn which are more reliable then others, then treat the consensus of the "Good" with a measure of doubt.

Wow, I totally agree with you. You are not only knowledgeable about fish, but also a wise-man of some sort.