Does Anyone Know The Latin Name For These Sharks?

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I brought these sharks ages ago & I would like to do more research on them. They were labelled in the shop as Gold sharks but they didn't know the full latin (scientific) name. 
 
They eat everything & they're such a good hoover. They soon clear up every bit of food in the tank. 
 
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Thanks all! 
 
Those look like Yellow Tailed Tinfoil Barbs to me. A "golden shark" may refer to an albino rainbow shark. However I am fairly certain those are tinfoil barbs (b. schwanenfeldii) which would make sense because tinfoil barbs are excellent scavengers.
 
These ones are defo not bala sharks. I have 3 silver sharks in the tank as well. The one on the far right that you can see is a silver shark. The main two is the ones you can see in middle & left
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Oscarcichlid4 said:
Those look like Yellow Tailed Tinfoil Barbs to me. A "golden shark" may refer to an albino rainbow shark. However I am fairly certain those are tinfoil barbs (b. schwanenfeldii) which would make sense because tinfoil barbs are excellent scavengers.
 
ah ha! I just did a google search on those & I can see similar fish. Oh yes they are scavengers alright.. They even managed to do this to a plec pellet:
 
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They may also be the Lemon-Finned Barb (Barbus daruphani). They will grow to 18"+.
 
Lillefishy said:
Golden tinfoil barb Barbonymus schwanenfeldii
 
Nice one, They do look like these but looking at golden tinfoil barbs, the pictures look liek the fins are really red unless it's just the quality of the shots.
 
 
 
Oscarcichlid4 said:
They may also be the Lemon-Finned Barb (Barbus daruphani). They will grow to 18"+.
 
I just did a search on these as well and this spot on! http://www.saltytank.com/fishdb/index.php?ID=270 
 
Yeah I've got a massive tank at the moment & expect them to grow big but if this is right.. 18" is a very large fish!!

 
 
After doing lots of research, They're definitely Lemon finned barbs! Also known as Yellow finned barb & golden belly barb. The latin name - Barbus Daruphani.
 
Big thanks to all & especially Oscarcichlid4. If you were in the UK, I'd buy you a beer!
 
 
Sources of info:

http://www.totalfishkeeping.com/index.php?showtopic=8452
http://www.fish-species.org.uk/tropical-fish/25-lemon-fin-barb.htm
http://www.fishtanksandponds.co.uk/galleries/photo-pages-fw-tropical/cypriniformes/barbus-daruphani.html

 
 

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