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Nick993 Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:47 pm Post subject: ID |
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some kinda cichlid, what is it? to which family does it belong to?
some kind of goby it had sparkling spots
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Nick993 Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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Sorry for the very horrible pics  |
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vk_8e Frequent Visitor to IAH

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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1st one
2nd one is mudskipper. try testing it out of water for few seconds, if it is, put it in brackish or no water
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humaid Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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| 1. Terapon jarbua |
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Nidhi Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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1st one is commonly called as target perch.. other names are...
Terapon jarbua, Target Fish, Crescent Bass, Crescent Perch or Tiger Bass, It grows to a size of 36cm in length an is a brackish water fish.
And this fish is very active and very aggressive..
The fish in the photo is stressed out and might not be healthy..
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Terapontidae
Genus: Terapon
Species: T. jarbua |
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Marc Moderator

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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| The second one is Boleophthalmus boddarti |
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bmvbab Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: Re: ID |
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Caught wild?
On second thought, the blue background, its an LFS? |
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Nick993 Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: ID |
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Both in LFS :o
Thanks guys for the ID.. |
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aquariumer Regular Poster on IAH

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:57 am Post subject: Re: ID |
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target fish , loads of wild spicy available in river near my residence and one day I wish to make a brackish water set up for this fish  |
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