What Fish is This

[xxEMOxLIZZARDxx]

Saw it at PetCo and didn't see a tag for it. Curious to know what it is.

 

[AquaBarb]

Looks like a albino bichir to me

 

[xxEMOxLIZZARDxx]

Looks like a albino bichir to me

Sounds interesting. May have to look that up.

Looked it up and they are too big to be in my tiny thirty gallon. Sigh. It was a pretty cool looking fish.

 

[AquaBarb]

They are coming more and more popular in the hobby tbf. Go well in bigger tanks as they grow 12'+ and need to go with more robust fish like cichlids. They are semi aggressive and would eat smaller fish

Certainly something a bit different

 

[Freshyfishy]

I had one for a little while (3 months maybe- probably less) it ate 27 mollies...

 

[Ed Pursell]

Emo, kind of looks like when I got into Snakeheads back in 1979 or so? I had a few that were striped in color, but devoured minnows like crazy when they got close to a foot long. That picture looks like the same “body” shape as the Snakeheads but different color. Had mine in a 55 gallon, finally got rid of them.

 

[Ichthys]

I believe the albinos are mainly the Senegal Bichir, Polypterus senegalus.

 

[xxEMOxLIZZARDxx]

Emo, kind of looks like when I got into Snakeheads back in 1979 or so? I had a few that were striped in color, but devoured minnows like crazy when they got close to a foot long. That picture looks like the same “body” shape as the Snakeheads but different color. Had mine in a 55 gallon, finally got rid of them.

I feel like snakeheads are illegal to keep now.

 

[Ichthys]

Emo, kind of looks like when I got into Snakeheads back in 1979 or so? I had a few that were striped in color, but devoured minnows like crazy when they got close to a foot long. That picture looks like the same “body” shape as the Snakeheads but different color. Had mine in a 55 gallon, finally got rid of them.

Very different fins also.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I feel like snakeheads are illegal to keep now.

Depends where you live - banned in much of the US since they were able to (aggressively) live and thrive in the wild waterways they were dumped in by hobbyists who didn't want them anymore.

They're still available in the UK and probably Europe, I'm guessing because our water likely gets too cold for them to survive a winter in the wild. But that's a guess since I haven't looked it up! I just know I see them available to buy here.

 

[Ichthys]

Depends where you live - banned in much of the US since they were able to (aggressively) live and thrive in the wild waterways they were dumped in by hobbyists who didn't want them anymore.

They're still available in the UK and probably Europe, I'm guessing because our water likely gets too cold for them to survive a winter in the wild. But that's a guess since I haven't looked it up! I just know I see them available to buy here.

In England they’re all legal except Channa argus, which could survive a winter. In Scotland, which is further north and therefore colder, they're all illegal without a licence. (Go figure).

 

[emeraldking]

In our country channas are still allowed but it needs papers. My best friend purchased three specimens and in one months just one was left. The survivor ate the other two.

 

[xxEMOxLIZZARDxx]

Depends where you live - banned in much of the US since they were able to (aggressively) live and thrive in the wild waterways they were dumped in by hobbyists who didn't want them anymore.

They're still available in the UK and probably Europe, I'm guessing because our water likely gets too cold for them to survive a winter in the wild. But that's a guess since I haven't looked it up! I just know I see them available to buy here.

Yea, I know in the US I think they are mostly illegal due to being able to thrive in our waterways. They might be found in some places for food, but I think they have to be dead in order to be sold.