Tour of Ft Myers FL LFSs, Oct 18 2011

[Viktor Jarikov]

Don't know which forum this would go into.

Made a small tour of the LFSs in Ft. Myers FL yesterday. Only few notes (of fish of my interest):

Aquarium and Reef Center (Ft Myers location):
--silver aro, 5", $40; one

Aquarium and Reef Center (Cape Coral location):
-- looks like a piraiba,

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

, ~6"; $130; one (was $180); nice sellers - won't sell to someone with a small tank.
-- horseface catfish

Goeldiella eques

~6", $40; two; nice!
-- TSN, ~8", $55; two
-- Zungaro zungaro,

Zungaro zungaro

~6"; $40, one (I bought)
-- FL bullhead, ~6"-7", no price; I think this is

Ameiurus brunneus

, not

Ameiurus serracanthus

-- spotted raphs; un-ID-ed, unpriced bumblebee cats, ~2", a bunch; likely SA but not sure
-- various synos, including an angelicus (Joefish72!) for ~$70; ~6"-7"
-- columbian shark,

Ariopsis seemanni

~6"-7" - unusually large (to be seen at an LFS), $10
-- black shark ~6", $15 http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/marine ... phekadion/

Boardroom Aquatics
-- Distichodus lusosso - Long-nosed Distichodus, ~4", $30; one; http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.ph ... sso&id=204

Snookn21
-- see his aquabid entries: lots of wonderful and rare stuff;
-- got me a 1' or so TSN-Achara hybrid (supposedly); $50