WTB: Looling for Short Big Eye Soldier fish (Pristigenys alta)

drizcol

drizcol

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I can tseem to find this fish anywhere. I have looked all over online. I know i dont know all the places to look but I have googled it and looked at a lot of my bookmarked spots and I have found a few sites that say they get them but so far knowbody has them in stock. SWF.com does not even list them.
If you know where I could get one of these beauties please let me know!
or if you are going to be selling one please email me!
sdriscoll@wi.rr.com
 
drizcol

drizcol

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Originally Posted by Unbreakabl
u took my avatar. lol thats cool though. :hilarious
haha mines better!
 
ryan115

ryan115

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from the looks of the fish, it is most probably a deep water species. So you might want to do some more research on it. Yes it is a really cool looking fish, but in a reef tank he might get stressed out to much depending on how much light you have and how much rock there is for him to hide in. Just my $.02. Still a cool fish though
 
maeistero

maeistero

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:thinking: looks kind of like a couple squirrels i've seen. the color and eyes, the dorsal fin spikes are throwing me for a loop. i don't think it's deepwater though.

what's the scientific name?
 
wanabebell

wanabebell

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Family: Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas) picture (Pralt_u0.jpg) by Flescher, D.
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Short bigeye
Max. size: 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7251)
Environment: reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 – 200 m
Climate: subtropical; 45°N - 7°N
Importance: fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Western Atlantic: east coast of North America, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Aside from records from Brazil (which are in error), there are no other records from South America or in eastern Atlantic waters.
Biology: Found on rocky bottoms between 5 (Ref. 5403) and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.
 
drizcol

drizcol

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Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
one of the lfs's by me has one.
how much are they selling it for?
could you get me a picture or it?
 
drizcol

drizcol

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Originally Posted by ImUrNamine
Hey, they have them on here now if that's what you're looking for. They're reasonably priced, too.
I must have missed it because the price went up $28 and it still says wish list. :(
 
drizcol

drizcol

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Awsome!! My FLS just called to let me know that they ordered one for me and their distributor had 1 left! about 3" long!!!
Thanks everyone for your help!!
 
drizcol

drizcol

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Well the LFS finally got my fish and guess what! its the wrong kind. I knew it was too good to be true. The ordered me a big eye soldier fish but its not the short big eye so its not what I wanted. They assured me over and over it would be the right one. I should have known beter. Im going to call them tomorrow and see it they can send thier distributer a picture of the correct fish and hopfully they can get it right.
If anyone knows of a LFS in the milwaukee or surrounding area that has this fish please let me know. Or if you have a LFS that would ship overnight for a reasonable price.
 
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