Can anyone identify this tropical fish for me

[Danlacey1988]

I'm pretty sure it's some sort of torpedo barb but never seen one before anywhere

 

[Attenbruh]

It looks like a really large Gryffindor tetra.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Really pretty, whatever it is. Never heard of a gryffindor tetra. Shape looks just like a denison barb...

 

[Myraan]

are the Slytherin tetra green?

 

[Ichthys]

It’s a Gold Denison Barb, Sahyadria denisonii.

 

[Attenbruh]

Really pretty, whatever it is. Never heard of a gryffindor tetra. Shape looks just like a denison barb...

They are fairly rare and genetically modified tetras.

 

[Byron]

As someone who does care about the world we live in, and the fish that share this planet with us, this disgusts me. This "gold" Denison Barb is another man-made mutation from Indonesia in 2011.

The natural species is endangered, but the industry does not care one iota about that, so long as they can produce these money-makers.

It is a cyprinid, not a tetra, not that that really matters.

 

[Danlacey1988]

It’s a Gold Denison Barb, Sahyadria denisonii.

I thought it might be a torpedo barb but I have never seen one they must be super rare

 

[Danlacey1988]

As someone who does care about the world we live in, and the fish that share this planet with us, this disgusts me. This "gold" Denison Barb is another man-made mutation from Indonesia in 2011.

The natural species is endangered, but the industry does not care one iota about that, so long as they can produce these money-makers.

It is a cyprinid, not a tetra, not that that really matters.

I didn't realise it was modified just thought it was a albino if some kind

 

[Byron]

I didn't realise it was modified just thought it was a albino if some kind

Afraid not.

 

[Myraan]

better than dyed I guess - do people still do that?

 

[Essjay]

@Danlacey1988 I am curious - have you got this fish or seen it in a shop? It's just that your location implies you are in the UK and GM organisms are not permitted here so I was curious as to how this fish came to be in the UK.

 

[Danlacey1988]

@Danlacey1988 I am curious - have you got this fish or seen it in a shop? It's just that your location implies you are in the UK and GM organisms are not permitted here so I was curious as to how this fish came to be in the UK.

No I don't have it or seen one I was just curious as to what fish it was saw a picture on a page somewhere and was confused as I had never seen one before
But after reading these comments I can see why

 

[Attenbruh]

Oh

 

[DoubleDutch]

@Danlacey1988 I am curious - have you got this fish or seen it in a shop? It's just that your location implies you are in the UK and GM organisms are not permitted here so I was curious as to how this fish came to be in the UK.

I think it is a selective / linebred colorvariation and no GM is involved.
Pretty sure cause Maidenhead Aquatics sells them.