What Is This Fish?

[RevaParticipant]

experts…what is this guy and what does he eat? thanks!

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[BullyParticipant]

Do you have a better image?

I would take a wild guess at Nannostomus eques, Hockeystick Pencilfish. If so, I think very small foods are needed as Pencilfish tend to have small mouths for their size.

[andy rushworthParticipant]

Luchiocephalus Pulcher , common name of pike head ! they are livebearing labyrinths , they get to about 6 inches and do well on a diet of small fishes Danio’s etc ! they mouthbrood their young , years ago I bought a couple of them and as they went into their new tank they spat out a load of youngsters !

[mickthefishParticipant]

thought the same Andy, i was playing about trying to get the pic bigger but to no avail. huh

mick

[RevaParticipant]

an aquaintance who works in a fish shop got a shipment of them and doesnt know what they are. some of them died and wont eat. he has tried danios and they ate those. let me see if he will email me a bigger picture. thanks guys

[andy rushworthParticipant]

Hi Reva , it could be possible that the ones that are refusing to eat have young fishes in their mouths ? if I remember correctly mine only ever ate swimming food [ its a good while since ] b t w there is another member in the genus who’s name escapes me , but they both look pretty similar .

Apart from their live food addiction they were pretty mild mannered non aggresive fish !

[MattKeymaster]

Hey Andy the other one is L. aura.

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[BullyParticipant]

QUOTE (Matt @ Aug 9 2009, 01:06 AM) < {POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great id’ing skills from such a small image I must say!

I agree

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[RevaParticipant]

I am still waiting on a larger pic, and will ask him regarding possible mouth brooding. Too bad these ended up in a fish store *sigh* Thank you Andy and all

[andy rushworthParticipant]

Thanks , though its only because I’ve kept them myself

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[RevaParticipant]

Hopefully this bigger picture comes out Andy….

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[mickthefishParticipant]

thats the babies, a shop near us gets them in every now and again, unusual but in a nice way is this fish.
the biggest problem is getting enough foods for them.

mick

[andy rushworthParticipant]

Hi Reva , they look in pretty good condition !

[RevaParticipant]

so they are Luchiocephalus Pulcher aka Pikehead ? Pikehead gar or cichlid? I am really ignorant on these guys….any guidelines for me to tell the guy who accidentally got them?

[EyrieParticipant]

Here’s the article on them in the Knowledge Base.

[Author]

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