My 1st endlicheri

[CDM]

This is my first endlicheri. It was about two years of searching after I learned bichirs from the book "Jurassic Fishes", I robbed it from a small LFS at a small town, and the endlicheri was the personal collection of the boss. It was about 13", and there was another 16" endlichieri in the same tank. It's over seven years after I got it. It's now over 22", but looks like it will need a long time to achieve 24".
Here's a photo of it at 2003.

Here are some photos of it now. Can't see any difference with above photo (well the only difference is the photo quality, )

 

[ironmunki]

Nice photo quality and excellent looking polys!

 

[Weylin]

Looks awsome...

 

[Loubard]

Very nice CDM! I like it's wide bands and his body shape! Impressive that you keep him for 7 years, inspiring!

 

[CDM]

Thanks bros for the comments.
Loubard, though it's been 7yrs, it feels like started not too long ago.

 

[thefishguy7]

nice! I'm still trying to find an endli.

 

[CDM]

nice! I'm still trying to find an endli.

Thanks. Good luck hunting your endlicheri.

 

[headbanger_jib]

potm anyone

 

[Infblue]

again great pics and awesome specimen cdm!

and the female in the 6th pic, how big is she? is she wild caught? love her patterns and head shape, more so than the big 22 incher if i'm not mistaken, thats my favorite of all of your endlicheri

 

[CDM]

potm anyone

Thanks for the great comment.

again great pics and awesome specimen cdm!

and the female in the 6th pic, how big is she? is she wild caught? love her patterns and head shape, more so than the big 22 incher if i'm not mistaken, thats my favorite of all of your endlicheri

You are really good at it. It's indeed a female. She's my 3rd endlicheri which I bought 1 year after the 1st male (with 11" length initially). Now she's about an inch longer than the 1st one. She's the darkest one.