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    Some of my PREDATORS...

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    Beginning with those strange and unique “BAT-Fish”…!?
    which I had try to render a kind of “Art” expression…

    "Pantodon Buchholzi -African Butterfly Fish"




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    Looks like an arowanna with wings!

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    They're called Butterfly fish. Pantodon buchholzi.
    Amazing photos. Kudos.

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    Hrsito,
    Very good shot. The reflection make it look more interesting
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    Interesting perception.

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    Thank you for the comments, foks!

    So, here’s one, more natural looking shot…

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    And one more...
    Not much good focus on this Pantodon Pair…but interesting moment, though…

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    u are a great photographer. These are really post-card materials

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    wow... amazing. Respect to you
    Cheers,
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    Like this shot very much, gives it a dark and almost sinister atmosphere...
    ...I love rubies too ...
    Ken

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    Very nice shots as usual. Just wondering, do these fish take prepared foods?

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    Yeah, these of mine eat everything floating at the water surface...


    Hi, just one shot from tonight…
    One of my new Predators…still young, but Handsome one…isn’t it?


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    hey do you use a diatom filter to get such crystal clear water?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Does the Arrowana and African butterfly fish originate from same ancestors?

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    handsome fellow
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orion View Post
    Does the Arrowana and African butterfly fish originate from same ancestors?
    they are related in the same order Osteoglossiformes (Bonytongues). the Arowana (which is actually the native name given to the south american species Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). the "arowana" we have is Scleropages formosus or Malayan bonytongue. the real Arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum is shown in Hristo's last pix with the discus.

    While both Osteoglossum and Scelropages comes under the Family Osteoglossidae, the Pantodon buchholzi (African Butterfly fish) is the only genus and only species in the Family Pantodontidae.

    Another well known fish from this order is the south american giant Arapaima Arapaima gigas from the Family Arapaimidae. The Arapaima has just one relative from the same family, Heterotis niloticus which lives in Africa.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    Thank you very much for that info, mate!

    So, just a couple snap shots from tonight…



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    Wow, your pics look like they've been HDR'ed.

    The butterfly fish looks huge! I love the play of lighting and composition. Amazing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy View Post
    they are related in the same order Osteoglossiformes (Bonytongues). the Arowana (which is actually the native name given to the south american species Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). the "arowana" we have is Scleropages formosus or Malayan bonytongue. the real Arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum is shown in Hristo's last pix with the discus.

    Another well known fish from this order is the south american giant Arapaima Arapaima gigas from the Family Arapaimidae. The Arapaima has just one relative from the same family, Heterotis niloticus which lives in Africa.
    Thanks that's a lot info.
    So do all these bonytongues from S.America, Africa and Asia all evolved independently and that they all have the same basic forms coincidently is due to natural selection evolvement or is it because they already have that basic form before they migrate to these continents. Sort of during the time all continents were linked together call Gondwanaland,period.

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    species within family are closer to each other than within the order, as Order is a higher taxonomy class than Family. however nothing is static in the field of taxonomy or systematics so things can still change with new research.

    just remember this, in Nature there are only species and population, all higher taxonomy classes are created by Man

    BTW yes these fishes evolved through common ancestors easily in the 100-150 million year range. go to www.fishbase.org and key in any of the species for its profile page, and click on the species, genus, order and family links to see more info.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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