Fish Id

[mattlee]

at an lfs today i saw a fish with very similar colouration to a clown loach but it wasnt a bottom feeder. it had goldy/yellow body with thick black stripes the length of it with red fins. it was about 4-5 inches long and was in with the african cichlids, although im sure it wasnt an african cichlid. ive been trying to find out what it was for hours now and have given up

wills as you got my frogmouth catfish ID at the first attempt lets see if you can help me with this one

it wasnt labelled up with any name at all and i didnt have time to ask the staff as they were very busy and i needed to get going!

 

[Carlovel1]

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[Biulu]

Is it a slender fish, or a more rounded one? What kind of mouth does it have?

 

[Wills]

Some kind of Leporinus? A type of headstander, search for the common one but there are tons and tons of species that infrequently get imported. Although just realised you said the length of it - its probably Annostomus Annostomus

 

[shroob]

Garra flavatra?

Edit: Images aren't working for some reason.

 

[mattlee]

sorry i should have been a bit more accurate but i didnt want to make it too easy

it was not a round fish it was a torpedo shaped fish but quite chunky with a pointed mouth. ive been looking at headstanders but cant find a match... the stripes were vertical not horizontal so wills im sorry its not the Annostomus Annostomus

it really did look just like a clown loach with its markings etc but it wasnt. honest.....

it also didnt have as many stripes as the headstander. it had maybe 5 black stripes....

it also swam in a normal way not like a headstander!

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Sounds like Distichodus, some species of which are found in the Rift Valley lakes.
http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Distichodus&species=sexfasciatus&id=200 , perhaps?

 

[Wills]

Sounds like Distichodus, some species of which are found in the Rift Valley lakes.
http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Distichodus&species=sexfasciatus&id=200 , perhaps?

Yeah I would place money on this one now The clown loach shape and colours with the africans makes sense

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Aquajardin have had several specimens of D. sexfasciatus, D. lusosso and I think a single remaining D. affinis since I first went there back in April. Gorgeous looking fish, but the have started to turn nasty on each other (fins getting ripped to shreads, even saw one upside down on tank water surface the other day, staff rescued it when I pointed it out), as they are approaching ~6" in what are ~2-foot display tanks.

The frustrating thing is that its the claustrophobia that is bringing out their aggression so young, yet Aquajardin have a 4-foot with £5 ~6cm Denisonii Barb, which would be much better to now swap round (given there is only ~20 left at this amazing price from over 200 in mid-summer)...

Out of every fish I've seen in the flesh, I find their typical aquarium size relative to wild specimens to be truely shocking, as in the wild these fish can easily reach 70cm while tank specimens do well to reach ~35cm!

 

[mattlee]

Sounds like Distichodus, some species of which are found in the Rift Valley lakes.
http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Distichodus&species=sexfasciatus&id=200 , perhaps?

thats the one. cheers
but after looking at the link i think its not really suitable for my stocking, sorry.... but thanks it was doing my head in

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

No worries on the ID, pleasantly surprised that I got it right within a few seconds of reading your description!

What sort of criteria are on your list for new possibilities for your monster tank?

 

[Timmy_Bee]

and i thought it was going to be a tiger barb.
Nice find though. Those guys look cool, but they don't half get big!

 

[Davo86]

Where was this? I have distichodus lusosso in with the African Haps/Peacocks at my workplace

 

[mattlee]

Where was this? I have distichodus lusosso in with the African Haps/Peacocks at my workplace

it was in the fish section of dobbies near tamworth. they only had 1 left....

 

[mattlee]

No worries on the ID, pleasantly surprised that I got it right within a few seconds of reading your description!

What sort of criteria are on your list for new possibilities for your monster tank?

not sure really, im tempted with a single headstander but need to research them. i saw some todat black and yellow stripes and they looked great