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[bigfish]

Hi

I went to the local petshop to gaze around all the tanks as you do, i notice some new fish that i haven't seen before they were labelled 'BLUE KING TETRAS' they were the same size as a neon but with a blue line down it's lateral line.

Any Ideas?

 

[Lateral Line]

Boehlkea ferdocochui probably. The common name I know is simply "Blue Tetra". This what you mean?

 

[bigfish]

Nope they were transparate in colour with a line of blue/lilac tinge down the middle. Very neat, they were 1inch in length.

 

[joshua]

sounds cool.. the LFS near my place stocks blue emperor tetras.. but their names not too trustworthy as they mostly speak chinese and don't really know the names. anyone knows any good tetra websites? thanks

 

[Lateral Line]

Does the blue line continue through the tail and possibly even extend a little to form a fillament? I'm thinking Nematobrycon palmeri - like this?

 

[MAM]

sounds like a fish i saw the other day in the lfs,they called it an emporer tetra..........

 

[kev]

I found these on google and they look exactly the same as a neon but with a blue strip.
They were just called BLUE TETRAS

 

[Flippin'thing bit me eye]

Maybe "Paragoniates Alburnus" I cant find a pic anywhere, They are almost like a dwarf rainbowfish in shape with a black spot on the tail, from the upper Amazon, get to about 2.5 inches

 

[Lateral Line]

Paragoniates alburnus reasonable picture here.

 

[Flippin'thing bit me eye]

No, thats not the fish, they made a mistake

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> No, thats not the fish, they made a mistake

Can't comment - never kept the fish. I'd still be going with N. palmeri until he says otherwise.

 

[Flippin'thing bit me eye]

OK here we are: Paragoniates Alburnus

 

[Lateral Line]

Okay, can't see how you get that from his description though?

 

[Flippin'thing bit me eye]

Crrikey no need to get stroppy, the photo's not that good but they have a neon blue flash down their lateral line

 

[Lateral Line]

<fx> gazes around </fx>

Er? Who's getting stroppy?