I am after some info on a gold batik eel, have done numerous searches on the web but it doesnt come back with any thing I think that this eel might have other common names, and being a new tropical person i dont know the latin name ... any help would be appreciated.

Sorry but this fish does not seem to exist, the closest thing that I could come up with is the Myrichthys ocellatus otherwise knowen as the goldspotted Eel. Hope this is of any help. 8)

he has to exist, the hollywood fish farm and the fish place down tirau way have them for sale!! ive seen em with me own two gooooogly eyes heh heh, thanks any way

hmm, looked up the Myrichthys ocellatus but its a different eel. Thats what confuses me, i know the eel is real but i cant find anything one them. It would help if i knew his latin name. :-? Migh give hollywood fish farm and get the latin name off them. Wish me luck

Sorry if i am of no help, if you find out what they are called let me know I would love to know. The world wide fish data base had nothing similar and they have every fish knowen to man including all knowen common names, but maybe they don't. 8)

Have a look at a MESONOEMACHEILUS TRIANGULARIS and tell me if i'm getting warmer! 8)

hmmm... nope, he is literally a eel.... with a pointy type of face very similar to a fire eel but gold in color with darker "stripes" almost, grows to a decent length ive heard......... i bet hes got another name that everyone knows

Sounds like you'll need the scientific name instead of the one that the wholesaler probably pulled out of his as...err, out of the air. Though, is there any type of eel that has a variation of "Batik" in its name? That could narrow it down.

Hmmm, the only thing I've come up with is that the printed loach is also called the Batik Loach. So, I suspect Batik is printed in another language. Tropical Blue's website was one of the results though. Not helpful, unfortunately. So, looks like the name is more of a descriptive than useful. Basically means, a Gold eel with spots and stripes.

ha ha ha ha..... well to be honest, my partner and i have already brought this eel, hes just not at home yet (on hold in the pet shop) and i thought i was a stupid idiot for buying a fish (umm.. eel) i dont know much about. The Hollywood fish farm has them (thats where "eddie" our eel is waiting) so maybe i should interrogate them when we go pick the eel up.

:oops:

or this:

is that anything like it?

nooo afraid no hes long and thin, pointy little face and golder.. (ok, golder might not be a word...) hes definately not a loach.

100 gold stars to whoever can positively id this tricky little dude

100 gold stars to whoever can positively id this tricky little dude

You will need his latin name, then we can help more

Hevalump.

Which Hollywoods did you visit, the one in Mt Roskil or the one on the shore in tawa road? Speak with rebecca at hollywoods, i think her parents own hollywoods and she is quite knowledgeable.

Without a picture it's a little difficult but is this a bit closer to what you've got? You may want to check out some of the other Mastacembelus species to see if they're a closer match.

I was going back through the previous posts in this thread and saw that you'd put a basic discription about gold with stripes, you may want to do a search for Macrognathus aral

BTW, thought I'd mention, this thread is reminding me how much I want an eel.

yeah the hollywoods in mt roskil... such a good shop.. sigh, i wish I owned it

Hey the Mastacembelus armatus is very similar if not the same!! i THINK YOU FOUND HIM!! Yay!! Has anyone kept one of these guys?

apparently topicalblue can get them in

did a bit of a search around the net, google groups returned a few comments about trying to ID them - apparently they are a newly discovered species which is why we have heard nothing about them

i rekon tropical blue would have some idea.

and i quote:

http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?q=%22gold+batik+eel%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=77piec%24pg3%241%40newsource.ihug.co.nz&rnum=1 which was probably one of us anyway...

Have a look here, good example of my dude, im surprised, they apparently can get to 90cm!!

http://www.aquabase.org/picture.php3?ac ... ew&id=2276

yeah if anyone gets a chance to see one they sure are cute.. in a weird creepy way we picked ours up for just over $50, if your a eel person and want something different ... they are cool

Now - what can I cash those gold stars in for? :lol:

I think there is a larger specimen in organism in CHCH if anyone around here is looking for omthing similer around the $50-$60 mark

I have had one of these guys in my tank for around a year and a half now....... he is definitely my favourite fish, so active and has heaps of personality......... the only downside he keeps eating my swordtails

my friends either love him or hate him (most of them are fully grossed out by him) but they pretty much ignore my discuss and just look at him!