wierdest fish?

[hairyadam]

what is the wierdest fish you know??


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[Mickslack]

what is the wierdest fish you know??


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Gunna continue a theme here but i would say a kuli loach a cros between a cornsnake and a fish n a eel wot a weird combo

 

[jfrancho]

Four eye fish
Mudskippers
Lungfishes
Any of those extreme deepwater marines - very gruesome

 

[CFC]

Paradise threadfin, it had whiskers coming out of its pectoral fins which it uses to find food.

 

[mattbeau]

quite simply upside down catfish

they are just silly to watch

 

[SirMinion]

Violet (dragon) gobies are prety damn strange.

A foot and a half of irredescent green and purple muscle topped by spiked, webbed finlets.
A ventral fin fused and shaped into a sucker to allow the fish to attach to rocks.

Dead, staring eyes the size of pin-heads.

A mouth that opens wide enough to swallow fish as big as itself lined with pointed, jagged teeth....

And it eats plankton.

 

[nmonks]

Easy. Has to be Ogcocephalus, the walking batfishes.

These things can't really swim. They have weird bent fins they walk around on. Tiny tails, huge heads, and protuberant lips, and a funny little nost. They walk around dragging their tails and with their noses upwards. All in all, really strange.

In the 1980s I tried to keep one in my dad's marine aquarium. Only lasted a few weeks. Probably needs a sandy tank, plenty of space, and almost certainly live/frozen foods fed at night. All things we didn't provide. I've only ever seen them sold that once; they may be available still though as a special order.

See the pictures below:

Cheers,

Neale

http/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site....jpg/medium.jpg

http/www.tourlouisiana.com/images/batfish.jpg

 

[funkybodal]

boo!

Those batfishes are dead cool though.

 

[funkybodal]

Another weird fish is the African Mudfish, Phractolaemus ansorgei. They're the sole member of the genus Phractolaemidae and have the ability to use their swim bladder as an accessory breathing organ, thus allowing it to breathe air and it also has an expandable jaw which allows it to find food effectively in muddy waters.

These guys are my favourite fish that I've never kept but I've never seen them for sale anywhere in the UK

 

[CFC]

Wildwoods had some in a few months ago funky, very odd little creatures.

 

[funkybodal]

Wildwoods had some in a few months ago funky, very odd little creatures.

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WHAT?!?! noooooo. I saw they had them listed on Tropical Fish Finder - went to Wildwoods but they said they didn't have them in yet so I waited and e-mailed them a few times but no reply...must've missed 'em.

My life is over now.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

yup, the batfish wins. (mad props for adding photos neale; you just saved me from wasting several hours playing with google ) looks kinda like that thing is native to N. America...? c'mon, throw me a bone.

 

[nmonks]

Thanks!

Forgot to mention... it also has that anglerfish lure, and waves it around to attract small beasties to it's mouth. The odd thing is that it has a really small mouth, so how it "engulfs" them is a mystery to me.

Cheers,

Neale

yup, the batfish wins.

 

[Flashfire]

Hatchet fish, bubble bees, pufferfish,sunfish(huge, flat fish also known as mola mola that can weigh almost a metric ton and a half), stingrays, cookie cutter sharks.

great swallower(freaky things, can swallow fish their own size and digest them, see pic below)

I've just noticed that all of these (that I've mentioned ) and most of what you guys wrote are marine or brackish water fish.

 

[nmonks]

How about this beastie then:

Phreatobius sp. 1 (at Planet Catfish)

It's a catfish that only lives on land, in leaf litter. If you throw it into a stream, supposedly it jumps back out. It's certainly an ugly little spud.

Cheers,

Neale

I've just noticed that all of these (that I've mentioned ) and most of what you guys wrote are marine or brackish water fish.