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White Cliff Aquatics

Senegal Bichir

Senegal Bichir

£18.95 GBP
£18.95 GBP
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The Senegal Bichir, often called the Dinosaur Bichir, Cuvier Bichir, or Dinosaur Eel, is a fascinating and hardy freshwater oddball species with a lineage dating back over 400 million years. With its long body, armored scales, and primitive dorsal finlets, it’s a prehistoric-looking predator that thrives in well-managed aquariums.

This is the most popular bichir species in the hobby — ideal for aquarists looking for something unusual, peaceful, and long-lived. Also available in a striking Albino morph, the Senegal Bichir is a favourite for both beginners to oddball fish and experienced monster fish keepers.

🐟 Fish Details:

  • Common Name: Senegal Bichir / Dinosaur Eel / Albino Bichir

  • Scientific Name: Polypterus senegalus

  • Adult Size: 25–30 cm (10–12 inches)

  • Lifespan: 10+ years with proper care

  • Temperament: Peaceful, predatory (will eat very small tank mates)

  • Care Level: Easy to moderate

  • Origin: Captive-bred

🏠 Aquarium Requirements:

  • Tank Size: Minimum 200L (long footprint preferred)

  • Temperature: 24–28°C

  • pH Range: 6.5 – 7.8

  • Substrate: Sand or smooth gravel

  • Décor: Hiding places, driftwood, gentle current

  • Lid: Essential — bichirs are escape artists!

🍽 Diet:

Carnivorous:

  • Frozen foods: bloodworm, krill, whitebait, prawn

  • Sinking carnivore pellets

  • Occasional live food (not essential)

Bichirs are bottom-dwellers that rely on smell and movement to locate food.

👥 Tank Mates:

  • Peaceful fish too large to fit in its mouth

  • Perfect with other bichirs, large cichlids, synodontis catfish

  • Avoid small community fish (tetras, guppies, etc.)

🌟 Why Choose Our Senegal Bichirs?

  • Strong, healthy, captive-bred stock

  • Regular and Albino morphs available

  • Fully acclimated and feeding well

  • Expert advice on setup, feeding, and compatibility

  • Fast UK delivery with live arrival guarantee option

Add a true living fossil to your aquarium. The Senegal Bichir brings ancient charm, graceful movement, and hardy temperament — ideal for large, peaceful predator tanks or oddball collections.

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