Please Identify My New Fish

[freddie21]

hi all
please can anyone help me identify this fish - it appears to be of a calm nature anyway and is about 4inches?
thanks

thanks for all replies

 

[soybean]

Those photos look like two separate fish to me. Which is more accurate colour wise? Does it have the rosy hue in the first photo or is it more of a silver like the second one?

 

[guppi]

Looks like a Cherry Barb Puntius titteya

 

[soybean]

Looks like a Cherry Barb Puntius titteya

At 4 inches long? I doubt it.

 

[minnnt]

looks dead to me... use the rotate button and try and get the pics a little bigger for a better I.D.

 

[three-fingers]

Looks like a Rasbora sumatrana to me .

I have a lonely one too, never seen them in shops yet. Very chunky rasbora!

 

[freddie21]

thanks very much for all responses.
i have just googled Rasbora sumatrana on the images showing, that is what my fish is......with the black stripe with a black dot at the end.
Are these good community fish to keep - so far it seems really pleasant
thanks again

 

[three-fingers]

They are ok for community tanks, but they grow nearly 6 inches long and are very active! Wouldn't be surprised if they ate small neons etc.

Really should be kept in groups to promote peaceful behaviour, mine is a little "pushy" with other similarly-sized cyrpinids (like my Garra rufa and RTBS).

If you have a 4'+ long tank and have space for more if you see them in the shops, you should be fine .