can anyone identify these for me pls

[orientmatt]

i would say my tetras are fairly large in terms of tetra sizes, but still only a few cm's at that. as i said before they dont seem to be particularly boistrous and are getting on fine with everything. are they likely to outgrow my tak then?

 

[BigC]

They belong to the Hemichromis family but havent yet been properly classified by
the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature and given a proper name hence the sp. at the end. Once they go through all the rigmarol of DNA testing etc, they will eventually derive a name for them. In the mean time.........

 

[reg2k2]

I would think the opposite...lottts o' fish out there...so they may find fish that meets the spec's for a particular fish (whatever the scientists go by; teeth, fin rays, w/e), but somehow isn't quite the fish originally id'd. For instance, yours w/ no spots?

If I'm in error here, someone please clarify.

should grow to 3-4in.

 

[orientmatt]

oh well not that im too bothered about their proper name anyway- aslong as i know what their about. Thanks for all the help- wouldnt have found it otherwise.

 

[orientmatt]

ooh this could be it

http/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=8604

 

[BigC]

Looks good to me, now your getting into it.Well we tried to get you as close as we could, the effort was put in to try and help you out.
Pretty interesting post wouldn't you say. lots of input.
Regards
BigC

 

[reg2k2]

Yep....and good job, orientmatt looks like ya found him.

 

[goin_all_out]

looks to be a pardise fish to me, its of the gourami family

 

[goin_all_out]

oops maybe not sry my bad, dot got a clue there

 

[longhorn13]

i'd have to agree with them being jewels, that was my first thought when i saw the first couple pics

 

[Hels]

did that work?? anyway...bit of a long shot... but could it be a peacock goby???

 

[orientmatt]

nah i dont think thats it, but there is some resemblance i suppose. im pretty sure its one of them hemichromis thingeys now.

 

[cla55y19]

wouldnt say that its a shame that shops closing down tho the blokes a T***T

 

[cla55y19]

dont these fish need to be in pairs with 20 gallons of water per pair?

http/fish.mongabay.com/species/Hemichrom...imaculatus.html

just a thought

 

[orientmatt]

yeah maybe but they're really small at the moment. if they get bigger i might have to move them. dunno where tho!