Pocono Aquatics

07/30/2024

07/23/2024

Throwback to December 2023 - What a fun, special fish! This was right when I was learning how to do EODs and I never got one for this guy.

I now believe it was an Albino Mormyrops nigricans from Congo though.

Excited to be on this electric journey with all of you! Here’s to more!

This specific fish is no longer here, but we do have a juvenile albino Mormyrops anguilloides in right now from Congo.

07/22/2024

Ended our 3 year survey of the Mara with a spectacular BANG!!!

Was joined by the fam to say goodbye to the Mara River & they ended breaking all records with the largest Elephant Fish we have ever seen! 

your a star! 

Elephant Snout Fish - Mormyrus kannume 

07/14/2024

Campylomormyrus compressorostris - Congo

First photo: Male
Second photo: Female

A good mix of sizes came - between 4 and 7 inch. Commonly mistaken and imported as Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus. This fish reaches around 8 inches.

07/02/2024

There is a new home for John P. Sullivan’s mormyrid website. The old link will still be viewable but the platform is unable to be updated.

You can find the site here now: https://mormyrids.efishgenomics.com/en

Thanks to Jason Gallant for helping make this happen.

This is the best mormyrid resource on the internet, hands down.

Looking for information on mormyrid fishes? You're in the right place. Here you'll find a classification reflecting the most recent published changes to mormyrid taxonomy, a page for each mormyrid genus and species including a photograph of the type specimen, information on the electric organ discha...

06/25/2024

Albino Mormyrops anguilloides - Cornish Jack Mormyrid

06/22/2024

https://ichtio-sas.fr/gabon-mormyres/?

06/08/2024

Mormyrops anguilloides - Cornish Jack Mormyrid - Congo

05/25/2024

Today! 1:00

05/16/2024

Before and after:

The first photo is what this Campylomormyrus species c / young Numenius looked like when I received it.

The second photo is the fish after a long quarantine and treatment.

Mormyridae are a misunderstood fish with special requirements.

05/12/2024

Pollimyrus adspersus - Nigeria

05/10/2024

Campylomormyrus species c / young numenius

04/26/2024

What a face! Marcusenius schilthuisiae - Congo

04/24/2024

https://ichtio-sas.fr/mission-gabon-2024/

En ce début d’année 2024, ICHTIO s’est rendu au Gabon pour une mission d'une cinquantaine sur le bassin de l’Ivindo.

04/23/2024

Mormyrops nigricans - Congo -

04/19/2024

Labeo cyclorhynchus - Harlequin Shark - Congo

04/19/2024

Wild Kribensis from Cameroon

04/19/2024

Spotted Congo Puffer - Tetraodon schoutedeni - Really digging frozen blood worms. A true freshwater community puffer.

04/18/2024

Excited for this and the new club! Come on out and meet some new people and learn about some very interesting fish.

I’m happy to bring any of my stock to this event at 10% off. Just reach out!

04/13/2024

Happy to announce some more fish from Congo have entered quarantine.

Mormyrops nigricans 7-8”
Campylomormyrus tamandua 3-4”
Harlequin shark - Labeo cyclorhynchus 4-5”
Synodontis brichardi 6”+
Synodontis angelicus 2.5” & 5-6”
Synodontis schoutedeni 3-4”
ALBINO Synodontis alberti 3.5-4” WOW
Blue Eye Congo Tetra - Phenacogrammus aurantiacus 1-2”
Spotted Congo Puffer - Tetraodon schoutedeni 2”

04/05/2024

WOW! Looking for something that stays small? A few of these guys came in from Congo. We believe them to be an undescribed Heteromormyrus. Currently in quarantine, EODs to come.

04/05/2024

True Marcusenius angolensis - Congo - often confused with Brevimyrus niger in the trade.

04/04/2024

Paramormyrops species from Congo

04/04/2024

Today the following entered quarantine from Congo:

Long nose - Campylomormyrus species C?
Campylomormyrus elephas
Marcusenius schilthuisiae
Marcusenius angolensis
Marcusenius sp.
Mormyrus proboscirostris
Mormyrops anguiloides
Mormyrops nigricans
Mormyrops (Oxymormyrus) boulengeri
Paramormyrops sp.

Stay tuned for photos and EODs.

Photo- Marcusenius schilthuisiae

04/02/2024

Found on YouTube: More views of the Campylomormyrus in the New England Aquarium. WOW

Music: Witching Dream by ZUN