What Are These Danios?

[dwarfgourami]

I saw some danios in the shop yesterday that neither I nor the shop assistant (who keeps danios himself) could identify.

Basically, they had the body shape, size and general behaviour of giant danios, but instead of that golden broken-stripe pattern along their sides they had two rows of circles, one on top of the other, in a gentle grey along the side. They had a dark spot just behind the head.

Are these just a colour morph of the giant danio? How common are they? I thought they looked most attractive and was sorry I could not house them.

 

[Mad Duff]

The only one I know that has two rows of circles like that is Danio dangila.

Danio Dangila

 

[The-Wolf]

The dark spot behind the gills is a sure indicator of D.danglia
http/www.danios.odd-fish.net/DANIO/Moustached.html

 

[dwarfgourami]

The dark spot behind the gills is a sure indicator of D.danglia
http/www.danios.odd-fish.net/DANIO/Moustached.html

That's them! The colours were nowhere near as good on the ones in the shop, but that's definitely them. Thanks, Wolf; I knew you'd pin them down for me. I do wish I could buy them and give them a good home, but I can't provide the sort of space they'd need just yet.

 

[Carolinesugar]

Hiya,

I've just got home from the fish shop about 10 minutes ago, having brought some rock shrimps, and 4 of these danios - the shop couldnt really tell me much about them, but they looked similar to giant/peal danios.

The ones I've just picked up are similar colour to that of a silver sailfin molly.

I brought four of them for £10 - how much did the shop want for them where you spotted them?

Glad to spot this topic, as I wasn't 100% sure what they were!

 

[dwarfgourami]

I brought four of them for £10 - how much did the shop want for them where you spotted them?

Afraid I couldn't tell. They were in a tank labelled pearl danios (which they clearly were not), together with a group of giant danios (which the shop assistant thought they were). And I can't recall seeing any prices. Perhaps I could have bought them as pearl danios...

 

[The-Wolf]

Thanks, Wolf; I knew you'd pin them down for me.

Credit where it is due, Duffman got there a full 27mins before me

I brought four of them for £10 - how much did the shop want for them where you spotted them?
Glad to spot this topic, as I wasn't 100% sure what they were!

4 for a tenner is a little above average
I pay around £1.95 each for mine but have seen them for a fiver each

They are very fast growing Caroline, so expect to have half adult size(3") in around 1month

 

[dwarfgourami]

Thanks, Wolf; I knew you'd pin them down for me.

Credit where it is due, Duffman got there a full 27mins before me

Oh I'm sorry, Duff! The pretty picture of the Chain loach caught my eye and I never even saw the link you'd so kindly supplied. Sorry! This forum is just THE best!!! You rock, guys!

 

[Deg]

The dark spot behind the gills is a sure indicator of D.danglia
http/www.danios.odd-fish.net/DANIO/Moustached.html

i found one of these a few weeks ago and its been driving me crazy trying to identify it