Spotted Needlefish

[goleafs]

I bought a "spotted needlefish" about a week ago and I can't find any information about them on the internet. He's alot bulkier than any other needlefish I've seen so I'm wondering if he may be a spotted gar. He's quite small so it might be hard to tell.

-Here's a pic. (I'm in a post algae bloom clean-up right now thats why the water is green)

[cocoa_pleco]

hes a needlefish, looks identical to mine

[goleafs]

I know he looks a lot like a needlefish but his coloration is a lot different and I can't find any information about spotted needlefish anywhere he looks a lot like a spotted pike though.


Heres a pic of one http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?StartRow=1&ID=12405&what=specieshttp://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?StartRow=1&ID=12405&what=species

[sailor]

The needle fish has a huge number of specimens.

Here's a couple of links here hopefully this helps and you find what you are looking for.

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/T/Tylosurus_punctulatus.asp

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-needlefi.html

[goleafs]

Im still not sure, I'm 100% sure he's not a normal needlefish. He could be a sub-species. Hes pretty small and probably pretty young so time will tell I think.

[squirt_12]

very cool looking fish :thumb:

[Treerat]

Spotted Pike like this?
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/Kilo3001/Fred131Jan08.jpg

I sent a short vid of Fred here to a buddy of mine and he crunched the numbers and Fred here strikes at no less than 4 foot per second. Totally cool!

[goleafs]

I really hope he's a spotted pike but he's only about 3 inches long it's pretty hard to ID a fish at that age/size.