street cypher Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/w/Endlicheri-and-la...i?v=qP3hsCpyXXk http://www.youtube.com/w/endlicheri%2C-lap...i?v=6tRVbqy1PVY Edited February 8, 2006 by street cypher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Nice...I assume those are Chad locale endis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Wow, great video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street cypher Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 The one in the video is the "guinea" variant, and the lapradei is also a "guinea" variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 The one in the video is the "guinea" variant, and the lapradei is also a "guinea" variant. Ah, OK...a bit difficult to be sure without stills....very nice endis....how big are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Awesome video, now I want some! Where can I get these and what am I looking at? (I meant what am I looking at price-wise) Edited February 9, 2006 by Froggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Awesome video, now I want some! Where can I get these and what am I looking at? Polypteridae...in this particular case, Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri. Polypterus, or 'bichirs' are a type of primitive fish capable of, amongst other things, breathing armospheric air and efficient terrestrial locomotion. The most common and inexpensive species (and also one of the easiest to house, because of its smaller size...12") is the Senegal bichir, Polypterus senegalus senegalus, which can be found fairly frequently in LFSes in larger centres and usually sells for $5-$25, depending on size. As you might have guessed, Polypterids are a specialty of mine...I currently own about 75 of them, covering 13 of the known species and locales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street cypher Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Toirtis, the guys in the video are ~12". I have abunch of still pictures that show some side by side comparisons, makes it easier to compare the different variants. But even within each variant they will differ a little, so determining the exact locale is pretty hard. Toirtis, too bad you're so far away, i'd love and i mean LOVE to see your collection and setups Froggie, as Toirtis stated they are bichirs. These particular ones came from Africa Via a middleman in Texas. http://www.rehobothaquatics.com/index2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molino Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Very cool videos!!! I'd definately like to keep some of these fish one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 I have to say it, the awesome videos in this thread tempted me too much! :smokey: Earlier this week I picked up a trio of Polypterus ornatapinnis, one at about 8" and two smaller in the 5" range. Very, very cool fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street cypher Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 You'll love the ornates, while a little more reclusive than other species, they are some of the better patterened species! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 You'll love the ornates, while a little more reclusive than other species, they are some of the better patterened species! To be honest I already do! The first night here the large one decided to eat a member of a rather irritating victorian species that had been taking up tank space for awhile. Of course now he's out of snacks since I gave away the rest of the group to someone. -roll- I must say, I'm not opposed to getting a few more of the larger species and setting up a dedicated 150 gallon polypterid/oddball tank. I also have since noticed they had a senegalus at one of the local stores, which tempts me to go even further and setup two polypterid tanks. Maybe a 48 gallon for some P. sengegalus, a few ropefish and a black ghost knife. I've wanted to get a BGK for awhile anyhow to perhaps keep with my Rays, it's just a matter of getting it large enough it wouldn't be devoured, so this could serve as a growout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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