African Oddballs

Odoe Pike The odoe pike is a smaller Nigerian river predator and a good fit for a larger species aggressive fish tank. Like most predators the odoe...

Ornate Bichir The Bichir are amazingly dragon-looking with just a little variance in size and color pattern. They generally live a long time and ge...

Palmas Bichir All bichirs look like prehistoric dragons with just a little variance in size and color pattern. The palmas bichir is a solid copper ...

Reedfish The reedfish, also called the rope fish, are in the African bichir family but truly look and behave like benign eels. These are gentle, ...

Retro Bichir The retro bichir, or more appropriately the retropinnis bichir, is wild caught in Senegal and not often available. Not as decorative a...

Senegalese Bichir Also known as a 'Dinosaur Eel' can add an adventure to your aquarium. These fish look like prehistoric dragons with a slight vari...

Synodontis Multipunctatus  There is no common name for the synodontis multipunctatus, so one has to learn to say it. These African catfish are slow...

Teugelsi Bichir The Teugelsi Bichir, like other African bichir, have a lung and gill so they can survive for short periods out of the water. The Te...

Tigerfish Goliath The Goliath tigerfish is the top of the food chain in West Africa, and has a larger body and longer teeth than the smaller Vittat...

Tigerfish Vittatus The Vittatus Tigerfish is second to the top of the food chain in West Africa, this is a monster fish related to the piranha but ...