Can someone tell me what this is!?!

[Yinzerfish]

I have had him/her for a little over a year. When I got "wolfgang" he was about 2.5" long stayed close to the bottom and liked to hide in the sand. Now it is over 10" long and looks like a log. I found it at a lame petstore which has since gone out of business. It was labeled a "wolf fish" but any searches that I came up with did not look anything like it. I was at the Aquarium in Chicago a couple weeks ago and they had a Wolf Fish and it was a saltwater fish. Not my fish.

I have no idea but this thing is vicious. It's a total ambush hunter and so fast that you hardly see it strike. I just want to know what species this is. Wolf Fish doesn't cut it for me.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/phipsi469/fish1.jpg<br><br>
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/phipsi469/fish2.jpg

[angelcakes]

wow its an unusaul fish........i dont know i dont think ive ever seen one

[ladyoutlaw50]

I have never seen such a fish!! Will be interesting to see what you find out -- I am sure someone somewhere will be able to ID it for you

[Yinzerfish]

I will go take an updated pic. it is sitting in plain view.

[Yinzerfish]

Here is a better view of "wolfgang"
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/phipsi469/fish3.jpg

[Abbeys_Mom]

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/wolffish.php

Here's some info. Sound the same as the one you have?

[angelcakes]

whats its characteristics..........and diet?

[Yinzerfish]

Its hard to tel the description is rather vague and the picture doesn't resemble him. The one in the picture is shiny and scaly with totally different eyes. THis is what I mean, its not a wolf fish like that....driving me crazy

[smaug]

That is some type of sculpin,abbeys id looks somewhat correct but I dont think so.Im researching sculpins right now.http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cocog_u0.jpg (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=4068)

here is more
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/slimysculpin.html

[Yinzerfish]

whats its characteristics..........and diet?

hides alot, but sometimew will hang out in the open on the floor or mid level. He doesnt bother the baby convict, jewel, Oscar, kompressicept or Plecos.

He downs tons of goldfish. That is all that I have seen him eat. Oh and he must have eaten our baby pacu because it is gone.

He ambushes and pretends to be a log. He looks upside down at first glance as well. awesome fish.

[Yinzerfish]

That is some type of sculpin,abbeys id looks somewhat correct but I dont think so.Im researching sculpins right now.http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cocog_u0.jpg (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=4068)

here is more
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/slimysculpin.html

The mouth doesn't look right. Mine is flat from pretty much the dorsal fin to the end of his mouth.

[KingFisher]

It looks like some type of Goby to me.

[Yinzerfish]

I looked at the sculpins link and the fins are different as well. Mine's dorsal fins are small and dark. his side fins are smaller and he has smaller ones underneath him.

I looked up Gobies and none were the same. close though.

[smaug]

courtesy of treerat and all the weird fish this member had pictures of tada!Marbled sand goby
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/watermark.php?file=3612&size=1 (http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/showphoto.php?photo=3612&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=12458)

[Yinzerfish]

Marbled Sand Goby!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

[smaug]

http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/warm_freshwater/oxyeleotris_marmorata.htm
try this link

[angelcakes]

http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/warm_freshwater/oxyeleotris_marmorata.htm
try this link
i would agree..............yay:19:

[smaug]

Thank KingFisher!I was stuck on sculpin and couldnt think of GOBY .!

[justyn725]

Crazy looking fish though!

[Red]

dude that fish is wicked!!!

[dean30bb]

thats a sleepy cod i have some of them there australian native fish and are best kept by them selfs or with australian nitives they mainly eat live food but can eat pellets mine consits of a diet of feeder fish once a month and evey now and then meal worms and i just get cichlid pellets and he loves them its best not in with ur oscar cas he can get a bit grumpy now and then so if u can i would put him in his own tank they can reach to be about 30 cm long
it is very simaler to the marble sand goby and is ofthen mistaken for one but has a different body shape it is a bit more thiner than the sleepy cod
hope i help you a bit

[tanks4thememories]

I believe you have an "Hoplias Malabaricus" fresh water wolf fish. They seem to come in quite a few variations. But what you describe is exactly what I have seen when I have seen them in pet stores. They are best kept alone.
Here a few good examples why.

This guy on youtube feeds his mice...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUAc1Aj_x0

Here is one eating Goldfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tFL9eEtDU&NR=1

They are lightning fast which is very surprising for thier size. Imagine if these grew to the size of a crocadile, wow, would be like somthing from Jurasic park...sheesh

Well I hope this info helps and good luck.

[dean30bb]

here is some pics of my sleepy cod at nite when he is on the prowl lol
10065

10066

[tanks4thememories]

Very aggressive fish

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These are truely awesome preditor fish.

I believe you have an "Hoplias malabaricus" fresh water wolf fish.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4757
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Wolffish.htm
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/prodList.asp?item=Common%20Wolf%20Fish&idCategory=237
They seem to come in quite a few variations. But what you describe is exactly what I have seen when I have seen them in pet stores. They are best kept alone.
Here a few good examples why.

This guy on youtube feeds his mice...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUAc1Aj_x0

Here is one eating Goldfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tFL9eEtDU&NR=1

They are lightning fast which is very surprising for thier size. Imagine if these grew to the size of a crocadile, wow, would be like somthing from Jurasic park...sheesh

PS thier name comes from thier fangs as far as I have been told so be carefull.

Well I hope this info helps and good luck.

[smaug]

Very aggressive fish

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These are truely awesome preditor fish.

I believe you have an "Hoplias malabaricus" fresh water wolf fish.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4757
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Wolffish.htm
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/prodList.asp?item=Common%20Wolf%20Fish&idCategory=237
They seem to come in quite a few variations. But what you describe is exactly what I have seen when I have seen them in pet stores. They are best kept alone.
Here a few good examples why.

This guy on youtube feeds his mice...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUAc1Aj_x0

Here is one eating Goldfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tFL9eEtDU&NR=1

They are lightning fast which is very surprising for thier size. Imagine if these grew to the size of a crocadile, wow, would be like somthing from Jurasic park...sheesh

PS thier name comes from thier fangs as far as I have been told so be carefull.

Well I hope this info helps and good luck.
naw,we had it right earlier,it is a marbled sand goby,the fish your proposiing has a different head and his has no stripe.Wild looking ,though I didnt appreciate the mouse eating vid being posted [I didnt watch that part].

[Futureboy]

thats a sleepy cod i have some of them there australian native fish and are best kept by them selfs or with australian nitives they mainly eat live food but can eat pellets mine consits of a diet of feeder fish once a month and evey now and then meal worms and i just get cichlid pellets and he loves them its best not in with ur oscar cas he can get a bit grumpy now and then so if u can i would put him in his own tank they can reach to be about 30 cm long
it is very simaler to the marble sand goby and is ofthen mistaken for one but has a different body shape it is a bit more thiner than the sleepy cod
hope i help you a bit


I was thinking sleepy cod too i used to have one in with feeder guppys was great to watch

awesome fish

[tanks4thememories]

:19: Awesome wk, Im gonna call you guys "Mystery Fish busters"...hehehe

[Yinzerfish]

Apparently, they are from malaysia and go by the name Soon Hok as well as Marbled Goby. I found some on Youtube under Marbled Goby.

nice

[Kula]

The first thing I thought when I saw it was "that fish has the profile of a mudskipper and seems to act like a goby"... Sure enough, as I kept reading, it's a goby!

[aquakid]

it is a marbled sleeper goby, freshwater goby up to 1 foot, im wondering if a jac dempsey will kill it

[Red]

I am glad you brought back this old thread, that is one cool looking fish..

[Northernguy]

I am glad you brought back this old thread, that is one cool looking fish..

It looks prehistoric!:22:

[rst girl]

it is a Hoplias malabaricus, common name Mud Characin, or Wolf fish. I just lost mine, he stuck his head in a scull and got stuck :(