petsmart dinosaur bichir question

[midnight]

my petsmart has baby dinosaur bichirs.
last time i bought one they were the yellowish orange kind.
just went there,now,under the same name,they have like a two toned grey kind.
mostly light grey with darker grey squares here and there.
anyone have pics of a baby whatever you think they are to match?lol
and if you can tell what kind they might be,how much are they worth?
thanks in advance

 

[benzjamin13]

They usually sell Senegal Bichirs.

 

[midnight]

that might be them.
is 6.99 a good deal?
might go back and get one.
thanks for the reply.

 

[mjryan]

id say the price is about average for them

The only ones i have ever seen at a Petsmart are the Polypterus senegalus, or Senegal as Ben posted.
heres a pic from Badmans

i get a pic or two of mine up in a few, i think i got a video too... mine seem to be EXTREMELY active!

 

[mjryan]

Heres a few pics, mind you, these are babies still... maybe 3"

CLICK HERE for video of above bichirs

 

[Ketamine]

As long as I've worked there I've not seen us carry anything except Polypterus senegalus.

When I spent more time in the fish department I used comment on the tags we have for them there, I'm not sure if they've updated the nomenclature on them recently but it used to say Polypterus bichir and gave a max size of 6" o.0

 

[fishcatch22]

and for what tank are you getting this bichir?

 

[midnight]

As long as I've worked there I've not seen us carry anything except Polypterus senegalus.

this is the second kind ive bought under that name,dino bichir.lol
will find out later what my other is called.

and for what tank are you getting this bichir?

one of them

might show a pic of the new guy later.
hes small

 

[fishcatch22]

one of them

might show a pic of the new guy later.
hes small

your sig says you've got 1 5G tank, right? they need 30-40G min. I just want to make sure you aren't getting him for too smal a tank.

 

[mjryan]

and for what tank are you getting this bichir?

hopefully not the 1-5 gallon!