Marked as rare most decent photo i have been able to get so far. super cool fish almost prehistoric looking when they get bigger.
They are cool. Not all that rare though. They get pretty big and can be nasty towards tank mates. I have three in one of my tanks now.
They aren't rare really how often do u see them available at the lfs?
You're lucky. I only get big pet shops, that specialize in attractive and common house fish.My LFS has them, but my LFS specializes in rare and uncommon fish
They're hard to find somewhat but my lfs has some now. Not pet co or petsmart tho
Maybe because no one buys them? Not sure.Ya they may have them now but i bet they rarely do. So my perspective a fish that rarely can be bought would be considered rare. Ive only seen them once which is surprising because where i shop Ive seen everything come and go in there even lung fish on two occasions. Almost everytime Ive gone in Ive seen big jaguars, datnoids, endlicheri, arowannas, rip saws.... The list goes on Ive only ever seen one batch of these guys so far. So i would put it on the rare list.
They aren't rare really how often do u see them available at the lfs?
I hadn't seen keyholes at any lfs in a 50 mile radius for 8 months, but they aren't rare not trying to knock your fish, I'd just call them uncommon rather than rare
Yes for 8 months i have only seen these once for the entire time Ive been in the aquarium hobby. In response to previous posts stating they are readily available that is only because the places providing them to your lfs are breeding them. The number of places actually breeding these fish aren't that high even in comparison to other "rare" fish. Not only that but these fish are actually listed on the vulnerable species list thus there are issues with actually being aloud to farm these which means there are only select breeders of these fish. But if you are breeding a fish you probably would have them readily available even if they were "rare". I suppose thats how i got my hands on a African lung fish but apparently i am wrong as to what fish are rare. Maybe my lung fish is common too.
Slow your roll little lady. just cause a particular species is not available often in one particular area, doesn't mean that said species is all that rare. nobody was knocking your fish or your knowledge about fish.
Whatever.... Research how many places farm them than get back to me. Till than don't knock something you know little of.