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Ok... I need an escort to any store with water in it, because I cannot control myself. I need someone to tell me no more lol :p .

I was SUPPOSED to get 7 blood fin tetras but ended up getting six and then this thing... I'm thinking it's a really stressed, possible female? scissor tail rasbora? I dunno.

It has a black spot on it's anal fin and is mostly silver. The tail has a hint of yellow/orange on it. The eyes are about 3x bigger than the other tetras, she is much larger bodied also.

Sorry for pic quality, will get better ones once they are settled.
 

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Certainly looks like a rasbora to me, but its definitely stressed, so there are probably a half dozen different species it could be. I'm sure you'll be able to tell in a couple of days once it settles in.

I'd guess maybe a red-tail (rasbora borapetensis)? Your guess of a scissortail (rasbora trilineata) is pretty solid too.
 
It looks like a very skinny female congo tetra to me, PM Lateral Line and ask him to take a look. He should be able to ID it straight away as tetra's and rasboros are his field of expertese.
 

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