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	What is the strangest fish you've seen?
nitro Big Fish Posts: 395 Kudos: 823 Votes: 50 Registered: 20-Nov-2003	Mudskippers and knife fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Veteric Big Fish Posts: 376 Kudos: 549 Votes: 7 Registered: 19-Apr-2004	I'de say Myxocyprinus asiaticus is the most bizzare thing i've seen. They remind me more of a tortoise or maybe some bizzare mamal than they do a fish. check it out
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	ive seen a electric catfish. though a 10ft arapima giga might be the strangest ive seen
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	We have a two foot long gourami in one of our display tanks. It's pretty ugly looking (it's the pink variety), and it's also suprisingly aggressive. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
ceridwen Enthusiast Posts: 270 Kudos: 296 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Aug-2003	I would have to agree on the boxfish - we get them in about the size of a small salad crouton - so they are nicknamed crouton (However, I don't think they're strange, just really cool and cute ) But overall strangest fish? The electric eel that is nicknamed SMUD at one of my LFS - it's just scary ... And lungfish too But most disturbing are the full grown gouramis - IE the ones that are over one foot in length - they're just downright scary ... Top two on the left - very weird and disturbing
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Does anyone know, is a pipe fish aka as a rope fish? Pipefish are from the order Sygnathiformes while Ropefish are from the order Polypteriformes. About as related as a cat is to a mouse.:%) -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
puffer_archer Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 250 Votes: 4 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Here are some pics of pipefish... http://www.seahorses.de/pipefish.htm [span class="edited"][Edited by puffer_archer 2004-08-23 11:49][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	anf_redrider - no, they are completely different fish. A pipefish is sort of like a seahorse. A ropefish is more eel-like although not related to eels. ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Lungfish............. really strange. :88) http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Snugz Fingerling Posts: 15 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	Dragon Goby... They look like the luck dragon from the never ending story. Kinda scary looking with sharp teeth but are filter feeders and didn't even touch my day old guppy fry. They grow up to 16 inches though...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
anf_redrider Hobbyist Posts: 73 Kudos: 48 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Does anyone know, is a pipe fish aka as a rope fish?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
puffer_archer Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 250 Votes: 4 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	I would have to say anableps and mudskippers are both pretty weird. But also, a store near me sells pipefish. They are some weird fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
anf_redrider Hobbyist Posts: 73 Kudos: 48 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	Tweaky, I have some Blind Cave Fish and they were something I always wanted, long before getting the aquarium. A fish with no eyes is strange indeed. Mine do not do well with flake food, cannot seem to find it. But love the sinking OSI Shrimp Pellets and also the Tetra Variety Wafers (which are hard to find where I live). They seem to do just fine with my Tiger Barbs, but do irritate the Plecos because the Cave Fish are inadvertantly always pecking at them while trying to find food. Good luck.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	a parrot fish. They are so disgusting and some of them have tails, and osme dont. I feel like throwing up everytime i see one.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
mccabe23 Hobbyist Posts: 55 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Jul-2004	What is the strangest fish you've seen available at the LFS? It can be looks or behaviour.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	oh no....! I rather the yellow boxfish to stay cube....really cool
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
LEE_WILMOT_706 Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jun-2004	I think that a short nosed batfish is quite weird, boxfish are strange as well.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
tweaky Enthusiast Posts: 286 Kudos: 164 Votes: 5 Registered: 18-Jan-2004	i was about to buy some blind cavefish today, for some reason they kind of looked pretty good. Oh well, maybe my next trip to the LFS i will.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	The sabre-toothed characin. They are one of the scariest fish I've ever seen. We had one a few months ago, but it sold pretty quickly. There are at least several different species in the genus, and the one that we got in had much bigger teeth than the one in the picture, and also had a more elongated body. Despite their appearance, they eat only small fish and are very peaceful to anything they don't think of as food.[/font] I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
signal20 Fingerling Posts: 29 Kudos: 39 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Jul-2004	Elephant noses are pretty unique. Also those blind cave fish, they're just.....strange
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