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as I continue to develop my Barb tank... several I like, look very similar... I'm really liking my Mascara barbs... ( turns out 2 species share the common name ), ( Dawkinsia apsara, and Dawkinsia assimilis )... I believe my current 3 are assimilis... & I'm liking the mature pictures I'm seeing, of the Dawkinsia rohani ( which looks the same as the other 2 Mascaras, before mature )... also loving the Dawkinsia Filamentosa... if I decide to go for diversity, like I have in my other community tanks... do these species easily, or desire to cross??? typically my community tanks are too crowded for any pair to get that comfortable... but having the same 1st name in their scientific, I'm betting they are really closely related???
 
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Mature Dawkinsia Filamentosa​


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Dawkinsia filamentosa – Filament Barb (Puntius filamentosus, Systomus maderaspatensis) — Seriously Fish

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Mature Dawkinsia assimilis​


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https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/dawkinsia-assimilis/
Dawkinsia apsara does not show up on Seriously Fish... but in the notes under assimilis, they discuss some suspected crossings of Dawkinsia, in the wild within the same waterways...

Mature Dawkinsia rohani​

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Dawkinsia rohani (Puntius rohani) — Seriously Fish

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I actually think the apsara listed above, may actually be anassimilis??? pretty corn fusing...

My 3 look like this, but have colored up more since this couple week old picture, the males ( 2 of the 3 ) have developed much more Smokey blue around their eyes ( mascara )
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I'm not sure where Wet Spot got the name "apsara"???

www.wetspottropicalfish.com

Dawkinsia apsara The Wet Spot Tropical Fish |

Dawkinsia apsara The Wet Spot Tropical Fish |
www.wetspottropicalfish.com www.wetspottropicalfish.com

... and I thought you were going to tell me, that she was going to whip my butt, next time I crossed her...
 
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They could cross, but should be fish you would need to intend to breed. You need to control egg eating, because as pretty as they are, they are barbs...

Just keep track of which males and females are which, and you should be okay.

They are such beautiful fish.

It looks like there are 15 species in Dawkinsia. You are going to need more tanks. I have no idea what it looks like, but Dawkinsia exlamatio is a brilliant name for one of them. D apsara was only described in 2020.
 
Best I can tell, the exlamatio have a spot in the middle, otherwise, the Dawkinsia, all seem to look at least similar…

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A little bit of a Dawkinsia deep dive... I'd not seen these before, & not in stock anywhere at this time of year...

Arulius Barb (Dawkinsia cf. tambraparniei)​


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some Dawkinsia rubrotinctus in the wild...

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& dumb me, I guess I didn't realize Denison barbs are also in the same family
 
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Well they are wild caught so i suppose they use a net in the appropriate water way which i am too lazy to lookup.
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For me -- other than the few legacy cherry barbs i have i think i'm gonna stick sa (well i do have a few loaches and some rasbora and a cherry chocolate gourami) but other than those i'm gonna stick with sa fishes. I do have some crypts and buces but other than those i'm gonna stick with sa plants. I do have ...
 
If I had large tanks and infinite time, I would get some Dawkinsia. It's an exciting group.

I like barbs, a lot. Back in the mists of time, I co-authored an introductory book on barbs, and I kept and enjoyed a lot of what was available then.

That barely compares with what we can see now. The whole 'scene' has expanded radically in a very short time. Asian barbs especially have broken out in the hobby, and the new finds are really something.
 
I may look at doing a cattle tank pond, in one of my outbuildings, that are typically unheated on our old farm, with enough heater, to keep the inside temps above freezing, and the tank at a specific temperature, if I wander any further down this road... we had always planned on a greenhouse of some type, and a several 100 gallon tank was always going to be a feature... but in a chicken house, or other out building, something might work...
 
Wow, that is a lot of barbs. Such a nice group of fish. I miss my pentazona barbs. They were so shy but so richly colored. But now I have padamya barbs, which are one of the most strikingly colored (natural) fish I've ever kept.
 
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