Albino Polypterus

A hardy bottom dweller that feeds at night. Provide hiding spots and a tight cover.  Peaceful with medium size fish of similar size, but may attack small fish such as guppies and neons. Sometimes fight among themselves.  Feed standard foods with frozen bloodworms, live worms, and brine shrimp.  They enjoy live guppies at night.   Native to Africa.  (Polypterus sp.)

These fish are members of the Polypteridae family which includes the Sailfins and Bichars.  They are closely related to ropefish.  They are remants of a primitve group of fish that was once very large and dates back 160 million years.