African Bush Fish pictures (load warning)

[Fruitbat]

These are a few of the Bush Fish (Ctenopoma) in my collection. They are strictly African anabantids...related to the Asian gouramis but significantly more predatory in their nature.

Mottled Bush Fish - Ctenopoma oxyrhynchum

Bullseye Bush Fish - Ctenopoma ocellatum

Leopard Bush Fish - Ctenopoma acutirostre

 

[Lotus]

Very cool. How is your leopard bush fish doing? I remember you posted its pic before (it looks pretty healthy here).

 

[Fruitbat]

The three Leopard Bush fish are doing great and eating like pigs!! They get along perfectly with my medium-sized bichirs. Thanks for asking!

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Where did you get them? They look very interesting and happy.

 

[Fruitbat]

All five of my species of Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma were purchased at local fish stores here in the Dallas, TX area. They are available from some on-line dealers as well.

 

[bumblebee]

Wow, are these any relation to the brackish siamese tigerfish? Mine has almost an identical shape and just has stripes instead of dots.
JC

 

[Fruitbat]

No close relation between these fish and the Siamese Tigerfish though they do look similar in many ways.

Here's a picture of my male Microctenopoma fasciolatum. He is incredibly camera-shy so it is tough to get a really good shot of him but this one at least shows the color in his fins:

 

[bumblebee]

wow, those are amazing fish, congrats on the rewards of your hard work!
JC

 

[TIGER9]

that is a very beautiful collection of bushfish ya got man. any chance u have an ornate ctenopoma(Ctenopoma ansorgii)?

 

[Fruitbat]

Yes....I have a couple of Ctenopoma (Microctenopoma) ansorgii but they're pretty small right now and VERY secretive. It has been impossible for me to get any decent pictures of the little monsters to this point. If I get a chance, I'll try to take a couple sometime later this week.

 

[TIGER9]

Polypterus afficionado

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. i knew i recognized that sig. ur a fellow member of predfish.net arent ya? small world *celebrate

 

[Fruitbat]

Tiger9.....

You caught me! (LOL) I haunt a LOT of fish-related boards including Predatoryfish.net, Odd-Fish.net, Aquariumadvice.com and AquaticPredators.com among other places. This is one forum that I visit pretty reguarly...at least a couple of times a day on most occasions.

Good to see you here!

 

[Fruitbat]

Tiger9....

Finally caught one of my Microctenopoma ansorgii out front where I could get him in my sights! Unfortunately they're in an acrylic aquarium with a few scratches so the image quality isn't that great....but at least you can get an idea of what they look like:

 

[Biorium]

Nice pics

 

[Brie]

Very cool, nice pics.. Fish place I go to has a bunch of those right now..