Help ID these ¿leaf fish?

batray girl · 09-22-2005, 06:26 PM

he was sold to me as a leaf fish and he does resemble them in shape, but his patterns don't. I am thinking because he is still small, that he may be a juvenile, but I haven't ever seen juvenile leaf fish like him either.

Does anyone have any idea what exactly he is?
(sorry the picture isn't great)

Scuba Kid · 09-22-2005, 06:36 PM

its a spotted climbing perch: Ctenopoma acutirostre.

awesome kid · 09-22-2005, 07:00 PM

here is a picture that i found on google when i searched the scientific name.

flynngriff · 09-22-2005, 07:09 PM

Yup, that's him... Also known as a leopard ctenopoma.

It's a predator, and will eat anything that fits in its mouth. It should grow to be about 6 or 7 inches long.

-Flynn

**Cichlid Man** · 09-23-2005, 12:43 PM

Nice fish, I noticed your water is slightly green, it can be easily cured. Read the recently posted topic in the general section to hear more.

batray girl · 09-23-2005, 08:37 PM

thanks guys

fishboy · 09-27-2005, 03:21 PM

oh leapord african bunfish! they are so cool what sze tank is the little guy in?

batray girl · 09-27-2005, 05:16 PM

he's in a 15 right now. there's an even smaller one in there with him. their tanksmates are 2 crabs and 2 large ghost shrimp (full grown- i guess that's why nobody's eaten them)
do you have any of the perch? what is best to feed them?

fishboy · 09-28-2005, 05:14 AM

i don't have one but i think they like meaty food so something like bloodworn would be good

flynngriff · 09-28-2005, 07:36 AM

Mine eat anything I put into the tank... They're not picky, so a good variety is easy to do.

Georgia Peach · 09-28-2005, 08:11 AM

cute fish!

starrfish71 · 10-03-2005, 02:29 PM

Hi- I've kept leopard ctenopomas for years- they will eat your shrimp, eventually. I guess they must be pretty small right now. Mine have had slightly different personalities; the first one(lived 10 years) while it would eat anything and everything that fit in it's mouth, it was fairly peaceful. My latest is pretty territorial and often flares up and threatens my gold severum, which is around the same size currently, about 2-3 inches diameter. They get decent size, so a 15 might end up being too small for an adult, but it should be fine for a while. I have kept them with much larger semi-aggressive fish such as severums, polypterus, geophagus, etc, and they do fine. I'm sure you could keep it with any decent size gourami or angelfish, anything that is not small enough to be eaten, and not extremely aggressive.

batray girl · 10-03-2005, 04:18 PM

yea, unfortunately i am not into gouramis. i think i may be the only person on the planet, but i think they're lame. i've got a 60G at home that they can retire to once they get bigger, so i'm not too worried about the size. do you know how to sex them? i read that the females have a larger girth, but i can't tell if my fish are looking puffy because of how much they eat. do you have any pictures of yours?
if any1 has any pictures of their spotteds, please post them ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT GENER THEY ARE!!!!!

fishboy · 10-03-2005, 07:30 PM

someone else posted about these fish...where is that post...

fishboy · 10-03-2005, 07:33 PM

found it, thet mention the fish in the post about a archer fish
http://www.fishforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4009

starrfish71 · 10-04-2005, 02:28 PM

as far as pics- I don't have nay of my perosnal fish, but they are pretty similar, all the time. My fish looks exactly like the picture posted here. I haven't ever tried to sex them.

09-22-2005, 06:26 PM	#1
batray girl Surf 'n' Scuba Girl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: east coast Age: 21 Posts: 92	Help ID these ¿leaf fish? he was sold to me as a leaf fish and he does resemble them in shape, but his patterns don't. I am thinking because he is still small, that he may be a juvenile, but I haven't ever seen juvenile leaf fish like him either. Does anyone have any idea what exactly he is? (sorry the picture isn't great) __________________ -the gotham city stingray 2-spot to the face!

09-22-2005, 06:36 PM	#2
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	its a spotted climbing perch: Ctenopoma acutirostre. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

09-23-2005, 12:43 PM	#5
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	Nice fish, I noticed your water is slightly green, it can be easily cured. Read the recently posted topic in the general section to hear more. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

09-23-2005, 08:37 PM	#6
batray girl Surf 'n' Scuba Girl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: east coast Age: 21 Posts: 92	thanks guys __________________ -the gotham city stingray 2-spot to the face!

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09-22-2005, 07:09 PM	#4
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 35 Posts: 443	Yup, that's him... Also known as a leopard ctenopoma. It's a predator, and will eat anything that fits in its mouth. It should grow to be about 6 or 7 inches long. -Flynn

09-27-2005, 05:16 PM	#8
batray girl Surf 'n' Scuba Girl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: east coast Age: 21 Posts: 92	he's in a 15 right now. there's an even smaller one in there with him. their tanksmates are 2 crabs and 2 large ghost shrimp (full grown- i guess that's why nobody's eaten them) do you have any of the perch? what is best to feed them? __________________ -the gotham city stingray 2-spot to the face!

09-28-2005, 05:14 AM	#9
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	i don't have one but i think they like meaty food so something like bloodworn would be good __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

09-28-2005, 07:36 AM	#10
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 35 Posts: 443	Mine eat anything I put into the tank... They're not picky, so a good variety is easy to do.

09-28-2005, 08:11 AM	#11
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	cute fish! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

10-03-2005, 02:29 PM	#12
starrfish71 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 89	Hi- I've kept leopard ctenopomas for years- they will eat your shrimp, eventually. I guess they must be pretty small right now. Mine have had slightly different personalities; the first one(lived 10 years) while it would eat anything and everything that fit in it's mouth, it was fairly peaceful. My latest is pretty territorial and often flares up and threatens my gold severum, which is around the same size currently, about 2-3 inches diameter. They get decent size, so a 15 might end up being too small for an adult, but it should be fine for a while. I have kept them with much larger semi-aggressive fish such as severums, polypterus, geophagus, etc, and they do fine. I'm sure you could keep it with any decent size gourami or angelfish, anything that is not small enough to be eaten, and not extremely aggressive.

10-03-2005, 04:18 PM	#13
batray girl Surf 'n' Scuba Girl Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: east coast Age: 21 Posts: 92	yea, unfortunately i am not into gouramis. i think i may be the only person on the planet, but i think they're lame. i've got a 60G at home that they can retire to once they get bigger, so i'm not too worried about the size. do you know how to sex them? i read that the females have a larger girth, but i can't tell if my fish are looking puffy because of how much they eat. do you have any pictures of yours? if any1 has any pictures of their spotteds, please post them ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT GENER THEY ARE!!!!! __________________ -the gotham city stingray 2-spot to the face!

10-03-2005, 07:30 PM	#14
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	someone else posted about these fish...where is that post... __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

10-03-2005, 07:33 PM	#15
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	found it, thet mention the fish in the post about a archer fish http://www.fishforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4009 __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

10-04-2005, 02:28 PM	#16
starrfish71 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 89	as far as pics- I don't have nay of my perosnal fish, but they are pretty similar, all the time. My fish looks exactly like the picture posted here. I haven't ever tried to sex them.

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