Please help id fish

[fixx198]

I have had this fish in my tank for years and never been able to catch nor see him except for late night. he is not a bother but i would like to know what he is before i put him back into my main tank.

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[ekoroknay]

Pretty neat lookin....almost like an eel

[ichthyman]

It's a Brotula belonging to the Genus of Dinematichthys.

[Postal]

Try Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides or Dinematichthys riukiuensis

[fixx198]

i assume he is harmless to have in a reef tank as he has not cause me any problems that i know of.

[Gimplar]

wow freakin awesome looking, never seen one before. Where did he come from?

[jordan3548]

Wow thats pretty neat with the little research I did on it I gather its a pretty rare fish from what Ive read and these can be found in depths all the way down to 18,527 feet

[deaterk]

Wow thats realy cool :) Kinda looks like a eal/cat fish /fresh water knife fish typ fish.

[fixx198]

ya he is cool. the pictures don't really do him Justis. the only problem is you never see him. i think he has come out where i have seen maybe three times in a year and only when all the lights are out. i bought him from the local fish store because he was cool looking.

[jordan3548]

You probably only see him at night because from what I read hes primarily a deep water fish

[SamMill]

to bad he's cool looking.