livingart Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 any ideas as to what this fish is? it is about 5 inches long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Giant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 that napier aquarium has one like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 not much pattern on body and black behind gill plate not like my other giants, mind you though they are bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Well fed Banded? Whatever it is, I want it bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 does it have an undershot jaw? - top lip ends further forward than the bottom lip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 i thought giant at first as there are quite a few in the stream, but the others are not as dark as this fish in natural light it is a dark brown, the slight pattern only shows under flash the lower jaw could be described as slightly undershot, only slightly though that fact and dark behind gills made me think of shortjaw there are some younger dark fish at about inanga size in the stream with black patches in the same place and some koaro too so i will have to go spotlighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Cant really see from the angle of the photo, the upper and lower jaws of the giant are the same length Stella will know for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Hi livingart, its a good-lookin banded, they show quite a lot of variation re patterning type, extent etc :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 yes they do abigail, i haven't seen one with the black patch on it though which has made me a little unsure as to a positive id Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 that black patch is quite common on the bigger bandeds and shortjaws - not sure about giants though as I haven't seen enough of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 yeah, no question: it's a banded (note the bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Hey Stella! hows it going? We have a juvenile black flounder at home at the moment - he is without a doubt the coolest fish I've ever watched in a tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 yeah, no question: it's a banded (note the bands further down the stream are black flounder so off for a walk do you have pic of the juvenile abigail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hi Abigail, I so want one!! Though the tanks are looking quite shabby at the moment, shall have to put off getting any new fish to one day in the future when I have a more settled schedule... (The latest addition, a few months back, was a dwarf galaxias. Seems to be a real morning person, and totally hyperactive. I swear they are small because they put all their energy into swimming really fast instead of growing!) Do you know what the black patch on kokopu etc is? I have noticed the patch on my shortjaws has a slightly different texture to the rest of their body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 cool, youd want to see him hunting its AWESOME he's like a wee predatory flying carpet :-) re black patch, I have no idea if it serves any potential function - something for you to look into maybe, give you an excuse to feel up your fish more often :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 :lol: awesome!! What do you feed him? Does he get on well with others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 whiteworms and other live food that moves but not too fast :-) He's cool at the moment but he's in with only pelagics, not sure how he (or they) would go if he was with other benthics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 hello livingart, sorry I didn't see your post. also sorry because I think this may be what is referred to as "hijacking a thread" I'm a bit inexperienced with "foruming" so big sorry if Ive been rude! No idea how to post a pic but I'll send one to Stella in the hope that she'll do it for me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 no worries, not really a hijack as it is about native fish making good reading so keep going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I have put up Abigail's photos on a new thread: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=39095 I figured it was a fishy we haven't really talked about much before and it will at least keep it findable in the archives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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