New Species Photos

[Gringo]

From my first topico:

>I live in Paraguay out in the country side and have had tropical fish for twenty >plus years.

>This afternoon I went out to look for a new river to catch small fish to feed me >Dorado’s as they only eat live fish. I mainly catch Guppies, Buenos Aires Tetras >and Red Eye Tetras as food. Today in a river that is up in the hills I found some >orange Tetras. It color is the same as a gold fish. Never in all the years have I >seen this fish. The river can not be contaminated as it is way out in the country >side.

>How do I go about finding out if it is a new species. I have some photos of them. >If you can help me I will email you a photo of one.

>Hope someone can help me.

Well,,,, we went to the river a covered 2 miles just to find one fish. There are hundreds of fish but not of this one. I now have three of them.

Down stream we found a 12 foot water fall wich enters a bigger river. This river has many predator fish in it so survival rate will be very low for any small fish that go over the edge.

This photo is us when we caught the fish:

Not easy to take photos of fish but here is a side view in net.

Here is the top view.

Sorry,,, did not get the head in but it a nice pic of the fish.

 

[juliethegr8t]

Very interesting!! I for one, have never seen a fish like that! It's sure beautiful though. How big is it?

 

[Gringo]

The fish is just less than two inches long but I think she is still a baby.

I sure hope it is a new species.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Amazing, it's so beautiful and golden

 

[CatLover]

Fascinating! You're a genuine cryptozoologist

I think contacting a local university is a fabulous idea. That is a very beautiful fish.
Good luck!

 

[Idolz]

That is great!
Just think the ppl at the TFF are some of the first ppl to get to see them.
Thanks soo much for sharing

 

[Socrates]

Looks like a Gold Tetra
http/www.k12.hi.us/~kau/fish03/kggoldtetra.html

But with a white strip instead of a black one.

I wish we could see the fins a little better, their all clamped in.

Maybe you can get one in a little plastic box or transplant one to a tank? It's such a pretty little fish!!!

 

[ChriX]

I think it's definatley more orange than the gold tetra. Looks nice!

 

[Gringo]

Socrates,,,, I now have them in a tank but due to stress they have lost a lot of there color. When they recover I will take some good pics.

Thanks for link. As you say, it is almost but its not the same

 

[jams.alaskan]

Thank you so much for posting the pictures. What an interesting fish!

ALASKA

 

[Max]

justa guess mabey a tetra and a guppy mated looks like a mix... my plate and guppy mated made an awomse big red guppy

 

[iloveyou]

thats wicked... u can catch all those tetra.. free fish !!!

we all pay money for them and u can just go and catch them...

and u feeding them to bigger fish ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



never seen a tetra like that before....

 

[Gill]

very interesting fish, lovely gold color. Have fun with them.

 

[spanair]

8) Very beautyfull, I would love to have him in my aqurium, but he/she is better of in that stream

 

[noelberg]

Let me know if you breed those beauties! I'm a tetra-holic They'd look hella cool in a community with my pristellas and some Von Rios.