I took this photo of a community tank at a public aquarium, and saw these two fish mouth-fighting. Very interesting to watch. Now I'm trying to figure out what kind of fish they are. Can you help me?
The picture is here:
http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nishyfightgj5.jpg
2007-10-17 19:30:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The scale in the picture is a little misleading. The fish are actually fairly large--12" to 15" apiece.
And these are saltwater fish.
2007-10-17 19:38:38 · update #1
Definitely not "kissing gourami's". My boyfriend is in the fish industry. I'll check tomorrow...if no answer that seems right, I'll copy photo and ask him...let you know late tomorrow nite. **I see no new answers here--took copy (came out small). Will ask...no guarantee, but saltwater is his specialty....be back in about 6-6 1/2 hrs....***Okay...got it! He said it's a type of "Grunt" (a snapper-like fish), and said it's NOT a "French Grunt", but some type out of the Caribbean Sea. He said they're called "grunts" because they make a grunting sound when you pick them up out of water. He also said there must be a pattern, if light, but you can't see it in picture, so he can't identify the exact one. I found a picture of a Florida "white grunt" for you, but could be almost anything. The other fish is a "Slippery Dick Wrasse". Here's more info.:
http://www.fishing-florida.com/grunt.htm
There's a couple of nice photo's in here you can click on and enlarge: http://www.bootkeyharbor.com/Fish%20Guide%20Tropicals.htm
Here is a not so great photo of the Slippery Dick Wrasse:
http://www.exploreuw.com/fish_01_cleaner_slippery_dick_wrasse.html
Hope this helped!!!
2007-10-17 20:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
really hard to ID, you couldn't upload a larger photo could you? there are a LOT ... a LOT... of fish that will fight like that.
and perch-like silver saltwater fish are many as well, sometimes only identifiable between species by counting dorsal spines. >_<
i had a snoop around fishbase, and it could be a snapper, have a look at the link below.
2007-10-18 00:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by catx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look like Kissing Goruamis
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/Fishpics/kisser2.jpg
http://www.centralpets.com/critter_images/fish/freshwater_fish/FWF_0004572_20030314205628.jpg
2007-10-17 19:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by Aravyndra 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Sorry, can't help you mate, but they sure look like their having fun? cheers
2007-10-20 18:43:23 · answer #4 · answered by quob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm... yea they would appear to be kissing goramas
2007-10-17 20:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by godfreyandthandi 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋