Polypterus bichir bichir

The Nile Bichir, Polypterus bichir, is found in shallow, sluggish waters in Egypt, Chad, Ghana, and conceivably Cameroon. Albeit this species was the first of the Bichirs to be depicted logically, it remains very uncommon in the side interest and exchange because of the distant regions it possesses. This subspecies is one of a few purported “lower jaw” gathering of Polypterus, so named for their unmistakable weighty lower jaw that project over the upper lip. In the aquarium, they are strong and undemanding like most bichir species, however ought to be kept with a tight-fitting and perhaps weighted cover as they will endeavor to hop whenever frightened or around evening time.

Our Polypterus bichir bichir is wild-caught and 15 inch size