4 replies to this topic

[Moontanman]

I was feeding my fish this afternoon, hoping my mudpuppy would eat but he acts like he is afriad of night crawlers. I noticed the mudminnow hovering around the worms and, to me at least, he was doing a pretty good imitation of a coelacanth. He takes the same stance as you see when divers film the coelacanths in the deep ocean. He hovers by using all four of his fins. Just a strange observation... 

[gerald]

In Germany they're called "dogfish" because the fin motion looks like a little dog running (probably a dachshund).

[TimothyHD]

And here I thought it was just nervousness in the one I just brought home.

[littlen]

Very pike-like! hence their close relationship (relatively) to pikes.

[Matt DeLaVega]

Yeah, I have always liked to look at them as mini grass pickerel. I have always enjoyed keeping both.

I love the dachshund analogy.