Nature Aquarium World, Book One

[john starkey]

hi all, for those of you who own nature aquarium world book one, across pages 82/83 there is a setup picture, can anyone tell me what the fish are called in this picture and are they available in this country, kind regards john

 

[George Farmer]

Not suitable, my friend.

http/www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/Aquariums...xocyprinus.html

 

[john starkey]

Not suitable, my friend.

http/www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/Aquariums...xocyprinus.html

hi george after lots of searching i finaly found out what it is, in china it is called the chianese banded shark, or high fin shark, but it has several other names, the pictures in amano books are of juveniles thats why they look so cute,as they grow they go through quite a lot of changes and they attain a size of over a metre in length, the fish is found in the yangtze river and is now becoming very rare due to loss of habitat, as you say george not suitable.regards john

species: myxocyprinus asiaticus

family : catostomide (true sucker)

 

[George Farmer]

Did you follow the link in my post?

 

[john starkey]

Did you follow the link in my post?

i found the same item via google just before i read your reply thanks anyway george regards john