Fish Id Plz

[SamUK]

Alrite folks, saw these fish in my LFS last friday and cant remember the name of them now.


they looked like they could be a larger member of the tetra family (about 6" long). had a silver body and red tail with a kinda rounded head (think african cichlid but a bit rounder)


and what i really liked about it was it was like a torpedo.

flew across the tank with barely any movement of the fins and then came to a complete stop in another blink and youll miss it style move.


any ideas what they were?

 

[triskele]

Hi SamUK,

Sounds like it could be a Chalceus macrolepidotus 'Pink-Railed Characin'. Grows to about 10 inches SL according to fishbase.

All the best,

Triskele

 

[SamUK]

thanx thats close but not quite it.


had a more rounded face than that and its eyes were closer to the front of its head i think.

 

[triskele]

Here's a few more longshots:

Pink Tailed Barb 'Leptobarbus hoeveni',
Signal Barb 'Labiobarbus festivus'
Sidebar Barb 'Hampala macrolepidota',
Tinfoil Barb 'Barbodes schwanenfeldi' (this one is probs too deep in profile, though I don't know at what size their bodies start to deepen.

Do you remember if the fish had an adipose fin ?

ttfn,

Triskele