i thought i had posted pics of my pike but i guess i didn't/ :blink:

so here is the new guy.




anyone care to venture a guess as to which type of pike it is? i still haven't figured it out. :laugh:

He's a nice looking pike, but I have no idea on the species.

Nice! Gotta love the Pikes!....I'm with Glaive though, clueless on the species.

Crenicichla compressiceps
Crenicichla proteus * seems to stand out as likely
Crenicichla sp. "bellycrawler"

Are sold as a green pike cichlid.

Another page of the genus.
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/5491/photos.html

I think you have a female btw.

thanks for the links bud.:tup:

YW, but thank who ever mentioned he looked like green pike.

I may have a line on an expert who can look at the picture if that would ok with you.

absolutely dude, let's see what they have to say.:)

I'll do a little email correspondence and feel them out.

If you've gotten an expert opinion, let me know. I would say it's definitely a juvenile of one of the lugubris group pikes, so definitely not a compressiceps, belly crawler or proteus. Maybe a strigata, but I won't stake myself out on a definite ID. Beautiful fish though, whatever it grows into! :nod:

thanks fish speaker, yeah i was thinking he was a member of the lugubris group. i'm still leaning heavily towards strigata. Alex is working on getting an ID from that person. i think we may have to wait until this guy matures to be sure of a species, i have heard that pikes have huge color and marking shifts from juvie to adult. thanks for the reply dude, much appreciated.:)

I have sent off a few more emails sounding people out, so hopefully one or more respond.

Ech the picture isnt showing for me :crazy:

hmm.. that sucks it shows up for me. here, can you see this one?

Nice pic, Cich. Hope you see it, Odd.

nice fish cich :kewl:

thanks fellas.:D

He's looking great bud. Good profile picture too.

Honestly pike cichlids are rare here, very rare and ive never as such read about them or seen them, im intrigued now!

im hazarding a guess at Crenicichla vittata , C, semifasciata, c.edithae but let me do some research with the Baensch Aquarium Atlas and have a chat with a few people down here and i might be able to give you something better than just "my best guess"