Kinds Of Bichir!

[nyaw_12]

guys! can u post some pictures of your bichirs! im really a fan of bichirs! tnx!

here is my ornate bichir (drakey)

 

[AMS]

The Oddballs fish index has quite a few bichirs profiles with pictures.

Armoured Bichir
Ornate Bichir
Senegal Bichir

If you own/have owned any bichir species that isnt in the index feel free to write up a profile, the index is always appreciative of new species

 

[astroboy]

my ornate

I've got a bunch more bichirs, but they're older pis co i'm not going to post them

 

[nyaw_12]

is this a sengal bichir or a armoured bichir?

 

[beblondie]

It's a Polypterus senegalus

 

[nyaw_12]

It's a Polypterus senegalus

tnx beblondie! but im hoping that black bands will grows on it when it grows hehehe! ill post new picz if any grows on it! tnx again! can u post some picz of ur bichirs!

 

[§tudz]

It's a Polypterus senegalus

tnx beblondie! but im hoping that black bands will grows on it when it grows hehehe! ill post new picz if any grows on it! tnx again! can u post some picz of ur bichirs!

there are no black bands on senegalus, the P. palmas polii has them so does the P. Delhezi, I think

 

[nyaw_12]

the vendor where i bought it said that it is a armoured/bandded bichir! wen it grows black spots or black bands will grow! but it really looks like a senengal bichir! but still hoping that it will be a armoured bichir hehehe!

 

[astroboy]

the vendor where i bought it said that it is a armoured/bandded bichir! wen it grows black spots or black bands will grow! but it really looks like a senengal bichir! but still hoping that it will be a armoured bichir hehehe!

SOrry to burst your bubble but delhezis even as juveniles have bands. They don't just appear as they mature

 

[§tudz]

thats what I thought, but didn't want to say it an look stupid as I tend to do lol

 

[Fruitbat]

NyaWie...

The bichir in the picture you posted is definitely a young Polypterus senegalus. Babies of that species have the longitudinal stripes that they lose as they mature. Here's a picture of a baby P. senegalus and a second picture of the same fish at its young adult size:

-Joe

 

[ringham]

What is the average max. size for ornate and palmas and delhizi birchirs. I love all three but I would rarther get the smallest one of the three.

 

[nyaw_12]

tnx guys its a big help! hehehe! men i've been fooled! hehehe! well! that's lyf! tnx again!