What are is the rarest bichir out of mokelembe, lapradai, teuglsi, and ansorgii

[asian arowana]

Hi I wanted to buy one of these bichirs and want the rarest one. But I am not sure which is rarest.

 

[Hao]

If I had to be honest. None of those species are rare. The species you listed are either readily available to order from Africa (wild caught) or mass bred in Indonesia already (captive bred).

 

[asian arowana]

what bichir species would you say are rare?(other than polypterus polypterus)

 

[Caveden]

what bichir species would you say are rare?(other than polypterus polypterus)

Wouldn’t say pbb are rare, they are captive bred in mass now. It depends on which country you are located as well. However I would say the more uncommon ones you find in your local LFS would be teugelsi.
If I were to go by rarity in bichirs, would be the location at which the WC bichirs are found from. Example “lake turkana” where the fishing for these bichirs has become more restricted and you rarely see them.

 

[asian arowana]

what kind of kind of bichir do you think is the rarest?

 

[Hao]

what bichir species would you say are rare?(other than polypterus polypterus)

None of the known species are rare.
The rarest "species" is probably the Polypterus sp. "Dabola" (undescribed species). You don't see those too often. As for rarest variant, it would be Polypterus bichir from Lake Turkana (PBB). Any species of wild caught color morph (leucistic, xanthic, albino, etc) bichir would be considered rare too.

 

[Cal Amari]

You should consider which one you find most appealing in coloration, size, bahavior etc. If rarity is your only mission then just wildly overpay and you can brag you have the most expensive bichir.

 

[Hao]

None of the known species are rare.
The rarest "species" is probably the Polypterus sp. "Dabola" (undescribed species). You don't see those too often. As for rarest variant, it would be Polypterus bichir from Lake Turkana (PBB). Any species of wild caught color morph (leucistic, xanthic, albino, etc) bichir would be considered rare too.

Oh forgot to add, I guess an abnormally large size (bigger than largest size recorded) would be considered rare as well. For example: 40"+ Congicus, 20"+ Senegalus, 30"+ Ornatipinnis, etc.

 

[asian arowana]

Senegalus can get 20+? I never knew.

 

[Hao]

Senegalus can get 20+? I never knew.

Lake Turkana senegalus can reach 18" (maybe bigger but haven't seen proof) in captivity. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a 20"+ one in the wild somewhere. Which is why I said that would be considered rare.