white knife fish - orthosternarchus tamandua

04-06-2008, 08:38 PM

Anyone keep this species before?

04-06-2008, 10:50 PM

not many people in arofanatics keep or have kept the harder to get species of knives and for this species you would have to ask amiidae as hes probably the only one here with personal experience with this species.

Natureman · 04-06-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ciewie

Anyone keep this species before?

Is this the albino knifefish with red eyes? Or it is actually white knifefish with black eyes? The albino type is quite commonly seen in lfs but if it is white type, then haven't seen one before.

Occellatus · 04-06-2008, 11:38 PM

Should be the albino knife rite? I remembered yrs bk it was quite rare.....wanted to find small specimens but couldn't find..nowadays its quite common

HuttShun · 04-06-2008, 11:48 PM

albino knives i think those are the albino variants of asian featherback, think is notoperus notoperus

the one he's looking for, i think looks somewhart like a dragonknife, the head long long those type one.

05-06-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Tadash1

not many people in arofanatics keep or have kept the harder to get species of knives and for this species you would have to ask amiidae as hes probably the only one here with personal experience with this species.

thanks.

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Originally Posted by Natureman

Is this the albino knifefish with red eyes? Or it is actually white knifefish with black eyes? The albino type is quite commonly seen in lfs but if it is white type, then haven't seen one before.

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Originally Posted by Occellatus

Should be the albino knife rite? I remembered yrs bk it was quite rare.....wanted to find small specimens but couldn't find..nowadays its quite common

the one I refer is orthosternarchus tamandua aka white knife fish.

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Originally Posted by HuttShun

albino knives i think those are the albino variants of asian featherback, think is notoperus notoperus

the one he's looking for, i think looks somewhart like a dragonknife, the head long long those type one.

yup. the unique looking one.

05-06-2008, 08:08 AM

picture obtained from the net.

-=SITO RMX=- · 05-06-2008, 10:33 AM

used to see similar looking knife fish as this @ CF, but their are banded knife

05-06-2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by -=SITO RMX=-

used to see similar looking knife fish as this @ CF, but their are banded knife

That is another different and more common species. banded knife fish is gymnotus carapo.

drakeho · 06-06-2008, 12:54 AM

it looks like aba aba face . I may be wrong

04-06-2008, 08:38 PM	#1
ciewie Guest Posts: n/a	white knife fish - orthosternarchus tamandua Anyone keep this species before?

04-06-2008, 11:48 PM	#5
HuttShun Dragon Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,319	albino knives i think those are the albino variants of asian featherback, think is notoperus notoperus the one he's looking for, i think looks somewhart like a dragonknife, the head long long those type one. Last edited by HuttShun; 05-06-2008 at 12:06 AM.

04-06-2008, 10:50 PM	#2
Tadash1 Guest Posts: n/a	not many people in arofanatics keep or have kept the harder to get species of knives and for this species you would have to ask amiidae as hes probably the only one here with personal experience with this species.

04-06-2008, 11:38 PM	#4
Occellatus Endangered Dragon Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,797	Should be the albino knife rite? I remembered yrs bk it was quite rare.....wanted to find small specimens but couldn't find..nowadays its quite common

05-06-2008, 08:08 AM	#7
ciewie Guest Posts: n/a	picture obtained from the net.

05-06-2008, 10:33 AM	#8
-=SITO RMX=- Dragon Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,452	used to see similar looking knife fish as this @ CF, but their are banded knife

06-06-2008, 12:54 AM	#10
drakeho Dragon Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,394	it looks like aba aba face . I may be wrong

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