They start off ornamental & turn into a food fish, just in time for barbeque season eh:wink:

I could be waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy off here...........but those pics look kinda............................... Photochopped?????

anyways, i just saw a batfish at oceans in calgary...i have never seen one in peson before, odd looking.

Heh, that's what the animal looks like.

Hey, you try taking a picture of a black fish against a black background! I had to lighten em up just to be able to see anything other than an orange outline. And sharpen them, of course. ;)

If your implying that I do not actually own this fish, well then, the invitation is open for everyone's in-person batfish-viewing pleasure. The green nebula of algae along the back wall of the tank is also quite impressive in itself. :D

;)
-Diana

Fish like these are rarely ordered in by responsible shops. Sometimes the suppliers will be short of something a shop orders and "throw" something else in, thinking that it might be wanted.