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Siameselikeafox

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Hello everyone!
I'm not usually one to post on forums, though I do often visit and read them. However, I really wanted some opinions on this. I was at Petco and I saw this fish that I immediately thought was a Siamese Algae Eater. It was labeled as a Flying Fox. I decided that they could have easily made the mistake and I would take it home either way. After spending way to much time googling pictures and descriptions of the differences between the two last night, I am still not certain. I am still strongly leaning toward true SAE. What do you think?

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2zg0ydka5fl5pnn/hWbgfmkvul
 
mine looks the same--bought it on liveaquaria.com as a siamese algae eater
 
from the same site as referrenced above, here is a pic of a flying fox---notice the darker fins than on your fish and the barbels---you have a siamese algae eater in my opinion
 
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/search/flying+fox
 
another video on youtube  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzOxJ8duJaA
 
Please forgive spellings!
 
Siamese Algae Eater (SAE) and Siamese Flying Fox are the same species.. (Crossocheilus siamensis) and this is what you have.
 
Not... to be confused with:
 
True (Indonesian) Flying Fox (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus) which has a darker and broader stripe, a bronze/gold stripe just above the black stripe (when fully coloured), has a flatter mouth that faces downwards and a somewhat more aggressive temperament.
 
also..
 
Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) which looks utterly different and tends to be green mottled, golden or patchy brown and grey with a few darker markings.
 

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