Can Someone Identify This Predatory Fish?

[keimak]

Helo fishforums
This is my first post so I intend to make a good impression.
I've gotten into the hobby for a few weeks and gotten a few guppies
but I've been wondering what is the fish my grandpa had all this while.
So can you help me? I'll provide a few pictures
Sorry about the dirty water, I just got a water filter for it

 

[keimak]

bump

 

[simonas]

bit early for a bump its only been on the board a few hours!!

welcome to the forums by the way

I couldn;t tell you what it was it looks very wolffish like, sleeper goby like but I couldn;t be sure sorry

 

[Carlovel1]

I believe that is Hoplias malabaricus

 

[simonas]

I believe that is Hoplias malabaricus

yay I said wolffish lol

 

[Carlovel1]

sleeper goby like

Did you???

 

[simonas]

sleeper goby like

Did you???

ha yes I said that after wolffish like

your grandad is lucky mate , I have always wanted a wolffish

does it move much I always imagined them to be very static

 

[always4lora]

Don;t think it is Hoplias malabaricus , not entirely sure it is a wolf fish at all as the fin at the top is to large from left to right

 

[keimak]

Thanks for the replies
I don't think its any of the ones you guys mentioned, it's head is rounded and doesn't have tooth I think O:

Edit :
Hey guys I found it
its called a 'Anabas'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabas

 

[always4lora]

Thanks for the replies
I don't think its any of the ones you guys mentioned, it's head is rounded and doesn't have tooth I think O:

Edit :
Hey guys I found it
its called a 'Anabas'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabas

good find, i've never seen or heard of one before they looks quite bulky!

 

[england]

Hello mate, welcome to the forum, stunning fish, where in the world are you located? did you grandpa catch it from the wild?

 

[keimak]

Hello mate, welcome to the forum, stunning fish, where in the world are you located? did you grandpa catch it from the wild?

I'm located in Malaysia
My grandpa bought somewhere he forgotten

 

[england]

yeah looks like you've probally id your own fish, hehe, more than likely wild caught, stunning looking,

 

[keimak]

yeah looks like you've probally id your own fish, hehe, more than likely wild caught, stunning looking,

Saw your pics of your channas'. very nice too

 

[Henz]

looks like a climbing perch...

we got tons of those here in the Philippines... But no one sells them on petshops... but they can easily be caught on lakes and rivers..