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    Default Polypterus, from the old world



    Anyone keeps Polypterus?
    I've started to keep them since this month
    I perchased two kinds of Polypterus
    The first one is a Saddled bichir( Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri)
    A serrated dorsal fin runs along most of the body until it meets the caudal fin. So many fins on its back!
    This fish looks like a reptile! Cool!





    This is an armoured bichir(Polypterus delhezi )
    It looks like an Axolotl, a neotenic mole salamander, but actually not
    This fish has got a pair of caudal fin extending from behind the head as young

    Both are quite well eaters for fish pellets and living fish etc
    Still both tiny young fishes, but growing fast!

    They have some ancient characteristics
    Some of Polypterus are called the "dinosaur eel" or "Dragon"
    (because of its elongated, eel-like body and its serrated dorsal fin that is dinosaur-like. This species, however, is not a true eel. )

    Last edited by Godspeed; 05-22-2011 at 03:33 PM.

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    The first one looks like one of those hopping mud fish I've seen in the Seychelles.

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    I used to have a Sengal Birchir that was about 10 inches long. As you said...he did bare a resemblence to a reptile, and he lift his head and study the grouind...like he was "sniffing" the water around him.
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    I thought keep a Sengal Birchir for the starter first
    They are good looking and nice sized Birchir
    As you mentioned, Birchirs lift their head like some lizards ^0^
    What's mean "grouind" anyway, enigma?

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    Oh! sorry i meant "ground" my Birchir would sniff the gravel on the floor of the aquarium when looking for food.
    1.0.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    0.0.2 African Pyxie Frog
    1.0.0 Blood Python
    1.0.0 Albino Burmese Python
    1.0.0 Blue Tongue Skink
    1.0.0 Basilisk
    0.0.1 Cane Toad
    1.0.0 Albino Western Hognose


    Roaches (Dubia & Lateralis)

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