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• Aug 5, 2005

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Yes, I know, I didn't ask for a fish as a gift!

Can anyone help identify him/her please?

 

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• Aug 5, 2005

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For scale that is a Leopard Danio in the foreground. This one can't be much bigger, probably 2 to 3 inches.

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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It looks like a goldfish to me but its probably not

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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It does look like a goldie. But I'm not sure. Try posting this with better pictures in the tropical chit chat forum.

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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Bala Shark?

http/hank.keleher.com/images/misc/bala.jpg

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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I thought it resembled some kinda stressed out shark.

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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Is its mouth on the bottom of its face? If it is it looks like a young black shark. Doesnt look too healthy though...

 

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• Aug 6, 2005

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I'd say bala shark, its back fin and frontward figure kinda looks like it, but it is probably stressed/sick out and lacking color.

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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I'm not exactly sure but, looks like some kinda carpish fish or something like a barb. Pretty sure it is not a bala. Its body is not shaped like one at all and the fins are different too.

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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Well its not a young black shark, they start out as pure black when that size and go a dull grey as adults.
I would say its one of the Labeo species but the picture isnt good enough for a proper ID, plus information and pictures to compare it against is very scarce. Try looking up Labeo boga, a few of these have been appearing in the trade recently.

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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Look like a yound on of these to me...

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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Probably not a great idea to put unknown fish into your community tank.

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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yeah the first thing i thought when i saw that was "shark". labeo's are not suitable at all for anything but an aggressive oddball/cichlid tank or a species tank. especially because whatever that fish is if its a labeo it will kill off your tank.

looks like labeo ruddi or forskali to me but im not certain w/o a bigger picture

 

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• Aug 7, 2005

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Could be a stressed bala shark.