Danio Sp. Blue Red Stripe

[mikev]

Does anyone here have more information on this fish?
Hopefully someone owns them, they seem to be a uniquely attractive small species....

I've seen them at the local store yesterday, and the only info found is onthe Danios.Info site (special thanks to TheWolf for ID'ing the species from my description).

Specifically:
Is it reasonable to consider these to be Zebra-equivalent, as far as the conditions go, but also with sexing and breeding.
They seem less nervious than Zebra's...what about fin-ripping tendencies?
Will they take or try to take food from the ground? (My bigger Danios cannot, hopefully neither can these)

TIA!

 

[KerriPaul]

Hi Mike,

They are believed to be closely related or a synonym of Danio abolineatus, the pearl danio. Behaviour wise they are pretty similar. They grow almost to the same size as albos but slightly shorter and chunkier, breeding wise they breed as easily as pearls and mine have produced over 100 eggs over the last week.

I personally believe them to be the fish formerly known as "Danio pulcher"

HTH

Paul

Does anyone here have more information on this fish?
Hopefully someone owns them, they seem to be a uniquely attractive small species....

I've seen them at the local store yesterday, and the only info found is onthe Danios.Info site (special thanks to TheWolf for ID'ing the species from my description).

Specifically:
Is it reasonable to consider these to be Zebra-equivalent, as far as the conditions go, but also with sexing and breeding.
They seem less nervious than Zebra's...what about fin-ripping tendencies?
Will they take or try to take food from the ground? (My bigger Danios cannot, hopefully neither can these)

TIA!

 

[mikev]

Paul, this does help a lot, thanks!

TBA my intend is not to breed them (but I'll certainly try this too); it is to see if they can stimulate breeding of khulis. In principle, a breeding fish will release the hormones into the water, and they would influence another species.

This is the reason for the last question: will they eat from the ground. If the answer is NO, this may be the ideal fish for me. I know that my larger danios, allegedly Bengals, are simply incapable of bottom-feeding.... what about these guys or perhaps someone has ambers to report on?

 

[KerriPaul]

Paul, this does help a lot, thanks!

TBA my intend is not to breed them (but I'll certainly try this too); it is to see if they can stimulate breeding of khulis. In principle, a breeding fish will release the hormones into the water, and they would influence another species.

This is the reason for the last question: will they eat from the ground. If the answer is NO, this may be the ideal fish for me. I know that my larger danios, allegedly Bengals, are simply incapable of bottom-feeding.... what about these guys or perhaps someone has ambers to report on?

In my experience all danios will eat food from anywhere in the tank, though the bottom is not their preferred place and they are not in the same league as corys or loaches, if they see food they like at the bottom they will dive and eat it, especially eggs when they are breeding, my dangila (moustached danio) head for the bottom and root around the low level plants and sand with their barbels extended to throw up titbits.

HTH Paul

 

[mikev]

Thanks, Paul, I'll be aware of this.

My alleged Bengals (the only Danios I've had so far) sense the food on the ground and would hang around it, but it appears that the shape of the mouths makes it impossible to actually take anything.

If you happen to read this thread, maybe i can ask you one more question: what do you think they are?

The description and pictures are in the TheWolf's Mutant Danio thread,
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=124579

The only update is that since those posts they seemed to max out at around 3", if they still grow, it is not noticeable.

 

[KerriPaul]

Thanks, Paul, I'll be aware of this.

My alleged Bengals (the only Danios I've had so far) sense the food on the ground and would hang around it, but it appears that the shape of the mouths makes it impossible to actually take anything.

If you happen to read this thread, maybe i can ask you one more question: what do you think they are?

The description and pictures are in the TheWolf's Mutant Danio thread,
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=124579

The only update is that since those posts they seemed to max out at around 3", if they still grow, it is not noticeable.

Could your fish be these, although it would seem unlikely as they were only discovered very recently.

http/www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio32.asp


Or how about Devario Browni: http/www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio29.asp

Or Devario Chrysotaeniatus: http/www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio31.asp

Or Devario malabaricus? http/filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Photos/Pictur...60&what=species

 

[mikev]

Thanks, Paul,

Certainly not one of these. The first link is the closest, but there is no red color on mine, it is yellow/orange.

And now I'm even more sure that this is one species: saw these guys in two stores (same chain) again within the last week, after about 6 mo of absence. Same strong orange color and the stores again label them "Giants".

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Do you think a cross-breed between Giants and Bengals is possible? Maybe these two are simply two variations of the same species .....

 

[KerriPaul]

Thanks, Paul,

Certainly not one of these. The first link is the closest, but there is no red color on mine, it is yellow/orange.

And now I'm even more sure that this is one species: saw these guys in two stores (same chain) again within the last week, after about 6 mo of absence. Same strong orange color and the stores again label them "Giants".

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Do you think a cross-breed between Giants and Bengals is possible? Maybe these two are simply two variations of the same species .....

I doubt it is a hybrid, not least because devario devario (Bengal) is more distantly related from the devarios than any other fish.

The problem is that both aequippinatus and malabaricus which are both sold as giant danio, do like most danionins vary from fish to fish to some extent. Add in the fact that several of the other devario species quite closely resemble the giant danio and that we only have photographs of about 13 of the 40 or so species and you begin to appreciate the problem.

If you are serious about identifying it I would recommend that you post a "simi" at the freshwater and brackish fish talk forum at petfrd.com and see what the experts there make of it.

 

[mikev]

Paul, thanks!

Yeah, I'm serious, and will do it the moment I have slightly better pictures...I think we figured out how to make them finally.

(I did not realize that there are maybe more than two species involved...)