Identify this fish please..........

Reel McKoi · Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 385

Can anyone identify the long slender fish in the lower right-hand corner of
this pic? Those I have have tiny little mouths and look almost exactly like
this fish.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/barbs4.jpg

The lady at the LFS got them in with a shipment of ghost shrimp and gave
them to me. They're in the 5g tank my betta was in but I had to remove him
as they attacked him constantly.

Thanks

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RM....
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Jeffrey St. Clair, Ph.D. · Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 33

Looks like a Denison Barb without coloration, perhaps a variety of that.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/6/6b/250px-Akwa18_puntius2.jpg
http://www.mkbasia.com/wild/redline.jpg

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message $v1a$1@news.albasani.net...
> Can anyone identify the long slender fish in the lower right-hand corner
> of this pic? Those I have have tiny little mouths and look almost exactly
> like this fish.
>
> http://www.fishpondinfo.com/barbs4.jpg
>
> The lady at the LFS got them in with a shipment of ghost shrimp and gave
> them to me. They're in the 5g tank my betta was in but I had to remove
> him as they attacked him constantly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
>
> RM....
> ~~~~ } ~~~ }
>

Reel McKoi · Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 385

"Aiptasia" wrote in message @sp12lax.superfeed.net...
> Kinda depends on the origin. It could be a member of the fox fish family
> or
> if it's coming in with domestic sunfish and ghost shrimps, it could also
> be
> something native that i'm not familiar with. Fox fish are often
> mis-identified as true SAE's but they're actually separate species. If
> that
> was a true SAE, it's a great fish, because they eat all types of
> problematic
> algaes, even the dreaded black beard algae.
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This is what it looks like:
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/926/15009883.JPG

Apparently it's known as a Siamese flying fox, is an herbivore and is
supposed to be peaceful but isn't. By the second day they were attacking the
betta and I had to remove him from the tank. I've tried varied foods but
they wont eat what's offered.
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RM....
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Alpha · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message $uhb$1@news.albasani.net...
>
> "Aiptasia" wrote in message
> @sp12lax.superfeed.net...
>> Kinda depends on the origin. It could be a member of the fox fish family
>> or
>> if it's coming in with domestic sunfish and ghost shrimps, it could also
>> be
>> something native that i'm not familiar with. Fox fish are often
>> mis-identified as true SAE's but they're actually separate species. If
>> that
>> was a true SAE, it's a great fish, because they eat all types of
>> problematic
>> algaes, even the dreaded black beard algae.
> ===============================
> This is what it looks like:
> http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/926/15009883.JPG
>
> Apparently it's known as a Siamese flying fox, is an herbivore and is
> supposed to be peaceful but isn't. By the second day they were attacking
> the betta and I had to remove him from the tank. I've tried varied foods
> but they wont eat what's offered.
> --
>
> RM....
> ~~~~ } ~~~ }
>
>

I agree that it is a flying fox.