Id Of An Unknown Tetra, Please

[28erl]

i was wondering if anyone could help idenitify this 'tetra', i say it like that because that is what im guessing it was. i saw it at my lfs today, i didnt buy it as it was the only one in the tank with some mollies, and it was being a real pain with them and wouldnt leave them alone, but it was beautiful! i didnt get a picture obviously because i didnt plan on needing a camera, but im gonna have a go at giving a good description! the body was a silver/grey colour, and it had a strip starting near to its tail, then the colour ran into the tail too, and it was bright purple/pink and slightly blue to the edges, something i have never seen before. it wasnt tiny, but not massive. similar size to the adult mollies it was in with! i wanted to have him, but he was being a bit boisterous for my liking, just wondered if anyone would telll me what he was, so i could get a group of them if they are happier in a shoal!

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Kind of hard to say. No tetras spring to mind with a purple/pink stripe that goes from the body into the tail.

What where the fins like, long or short? What was the body shape? Was it thin like a neon or cardinal tetra or rounder like a flame tail or bleeding heart tetra?

 

[lilfishie]

maybe have a look though the index, that might help

 

[The-Wolf]

Emperor Tetra Nematobrycon palmeri or
purple Emperor Tetra Inpaichthys kerri
spring to mind

 

[28erl]

when i got home and looked in my own tank, the shape, size and sort of see through colour of my silver tip reminded me of it!

 

[Lateral Line]

Nematobrycon palmeri, the regular Emperor Tetra was the first thing that sprang to my mind as well. There are a number of species that are sold as Emporer Tetras however.