What type of fish/eel is this??

raedyaghnam

raedyaghnam

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Hi again...
Does anyone have any idea what type of fish/eel this is?? I bought it from the store but they didnt know what it was...any ideas?
 
hammerhed7

hammerhed7

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Commonly known a a green wolf eel, it is actually not an eel it is a fish. It is part of the blenny family and gets to be about 14-16". They are aggressive as they get larger.
 
mx#28

mx#28

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Originally Posted by Hammerhed7
http:///forum/post/2823161
Commonly known a a green wolf eel, it is actually not an eel it is a fish. It is part of the blenny family and gets to be about 14-16". They are aggressive as they get larger.
It's not in the blenny family - it's a pseudochromid, aka dottyback.
 
oceanlover

oceanlover

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I'm not trying to pick on you, but why would you buy something when you didn't know exactly what it was, what its care requirements were, and how it would work in your existing aquarium? Just trying to save you some money and heartache.
 
raccoon

raccoon

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Its a Green Wolf Eel.
And as someone else said its not an eel, its a blenny.
This Fish takes a few days to get accustom to your tank. Then after that its like a dragon when you feel. It will swim all over the tank and eat like you haven't feed it in months. It has a lot of personality and a real cool fish to have as long as you don't have fish that fit in its mouth.
Henry
Keeping your fish Healthy? What about your body?
http://www.BeyondAcai.com
 
spanko

spanko

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From Wet Web Media to validate MX#28
The Dottybacks, Family Pseudochromidae
The Eelblennies, sub-family Congrogadinae are occasionally offered, and what is stated here for care applies to them though behaviorally they are much more secretive and less bold. Eelblennies are aptly common named being similar to the blennies in their passive nature and long and tapered in eel-body shape. The most commonly offered Eelblenny (aka the Green Wolf Eel) in the hobby, Congrogadus subduscens.
 
mx#28

mx#28

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2823697
From Wet Web Media to validate MX#28
The Dottybacks, Family Pseudochromidae
The Eelblennies, sub-family Congrogadinae are occasionally offered, and what is stated here for care applies to them though behaviorally they are much more secretive and less bold. Eelblennies are aptly common named being similar to the blennies in their passive nature and long and tapered in eel-body shape. The most commonly offered Eelblenny (aka the Green Wolf Eel) in the hobby, Congrogadus subduscens.
Woohoo! Validation from WWM and Spanko

You can always spot the biggest fish geek in a given crowd when they get worked up over taxonomic classification.
 
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