rare, favorite fish

[QuakingAspen]

What is the rarest fish any of you have ever had, something that no one has ever heard of or just something that isn't in every fish tank. It doesn't have to be some super expensive once in a lifetime lightning maroon clown fish but just something that not everyone has. Also, I would like to know what everyone's favorite fish is, great fish that they would recommend to anyone. Pictures are appreciated.

 

[mikem691]

Amphilophus lyonsi had him for a month and is my favorite also.

 

[Mebbid]

Aphysemion Australe.. I've never actually seen another person on this forum that has one.

 

[jetajockey]

Enneacanthus chaetodon, black banded sunfish. I have a group of 8, they are really neat. They were once spread throughout the southeast US but have since dwindled down to the Carolinas and are on or will be on local endangered lists.

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[JessiNoel21]

I had a lace clown in my 280 he lasted three years





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[brennae]

Aphyosemion lobaye which is a killifish.

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[brennae]

Aphyosemion lobaye. Forgot to upload the pic the first time. I have a pair.

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[QuakingAspen]

These are all great, I love seeing the amazing fish that people have come across. Personally, I will be constantly dreaming about an electric blue jack dempsey cichlid.

 

[Brookster123]

I like my L134 pleco. Not sure how rare but I don't see them around that often so...

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[QuakingAspen]

I love the plec, not sure how rare but I haven't seen them in the stores. I have only kept clown and rubber lip plecos but they are pretty common. Beautiful, love it.

 

[44Paps44]

Don't think my Para Pleco (L075) is rare but haven't seen many of them around. Same goes for my S.A. Leafy

 

[Mebbid]

Sorry, Orange Lyretail Killifish here (Aphyosemion Australe)

Also, Orinoco Angel Pleco. The first fish I bought when I reentered the hobby and it's still going strong.

 

[QuakingAspen]

I love all of these pictures. Great killifish and leafy S.A. I am soooo jealous, well now I am going to have to get all of them.

 

[bettaowner]

Probably my albino sword tail or the microphis decota I had for a ehile. While Kuhli Loaches arent rare, I was amazed to find that they spawned in my 55.

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[Homer8]

My mudskipper. Not super rare but they are fun to watch eat.

 

[PB_Smith]

Gold Rams (they were only wild caught when I started in the hobby 40+ years ago and were considered rare and a definite prize fish, same with some discus)
Electric Eel
Nurse Shark

 

[QuakingAspen]

I think that mudskippers are less common where I live, they are a one-of-a-kind fish.

 

[HUKIT]

Wild caught Cryptoheros septemfasciatus collected from Rio Guacimito, Costa Rica, a fish on the CARES list.

Wild caught Herichthys sp. turquiose collected from Rio Cazones river, Mexico.

 

[QuakingAspen]

Very beautiful, everyone, I am so happy that this thread has attracted so many pictures and breeds that, some of them I have honestly not heard of, just terrific

 

[Coursair]

No rare fish. Just rare plant [emoji12]
Crypt nurii Pahang mutated
Extinct in the Wild (**** Palm Oil plantations)

You can get them around here and there now, partly because my club kept the species alive.




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