Id My Knifefish

[Rafini]

Hey everyone picked up this guy yesterday, at first I thought he might be a transparant knife but now its pretty obvious the fish isn't transparent. he has a light blue body and a pinkish underside, theres sometimes a light line noticeable between the two colours which made me think it may be a gold line knife. what do you think ?

 

[stevr]

My knife fish like to hide in the daylight ,nocturnal fish .

 

[Rafini]

My knife fish like to hide in the daylight ,nocturnal fish .

I know, this guy has tiny eyes so he must be nocturnal but he comes out and about all the time. hes always busy. it helps that I have very subdued lights though.

 

[aether.ed]

Well i can certainly say i have never seen one of those before, nice find! I dont think its a glass/transparant knife, as you say its not transparant. Very odd. Lets hope someone can id it 4 ya, would be good to know how big it'll get!

Take it easy

Ed

 

[slandrigan]

I found a picture of the little guy on this site: http/anotheca.com/wordpress/2010/04/11/freshwater-fish-biodiversity-in-the-upper-amazon-basin/

It has it listed as a "Round Faced Knife Fish" or "Vampiro" locally...First time I've ever heard or seen it. It looks awesome though