Shark Tailed Polypterus Lapradei Bichir

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Has anyone ever seen a sharks-tailed Polypterus.
This is mine Lapradei. He’s about 10”.
The tail is natural, it’s not cut or modified. See the patterns on the tail and you will realize. No Polypterus I have seen has this curled up split short tail.
Anyone seen this before? Just wanted to get some observations, I love this fella ??

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Ledzepp6266 said:
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Has anyone ever seen a sharks-tailed Polypterus.
This is mine Lapradei. He’s about 10”.
The tail is natural, it’s not cut or modified. See the patterns on the tail and you will realize. No Polypterus I have seen has this curled up split short tail.
Anyone seen this before? Just wanted to get some observations, I love this fella ??

Stay Well Stay Safe everyone!
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Yeah I've seen this a couple times. Usually from severe tail damage and it never heals back.
 
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Hao said:
Yeah I've seen this a couple times. Usually from severe tail damage and it never heals back.
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thanks
If you look at the pic closely
It’s not a grow back tail from severe damage
The patterns look natural
And the way the tail curls upwards is not one that is indicative of a recovery from tail damage. The normal Polypterus doesn’t have such angled tail.
Just my opinion
 
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The fish could well have recovered from whatever injury cause the split fin, especially if it occurred at a young age. They are really tough at times. Otherwise it could be a birth defect, one of my friends has a guppy with a 3-fork tail for the same reason. I can't think of any other reason a bichirs tail would be forked like that.
 
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Ledzepp6266 said:
Thank you
Still learning about bichirs
I love these little dinos
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Never stop learning!
I am busy writing a reviewed guide to bichirs, would you mind if I use your photos in it?
 
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