What Species Is This?

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Bit of a random situation! A friends aquarium has a leak after he damaged it (don't ask lol) anyway... i'm looking after 4 of his little fish, he's no idea what species they are as they were given to him as fry which is a bit slack if you ask me, but anyhow.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b285/R_R...oy/DSC00072.jpg

Thats one of them, i'm pretty sure they are Tiger barbs?

They're no bigger than an inch each.

3 of them have very red, almost orange fins, with black stripes and a green tint on them.
the other 1 is much smaller than these 3, with less redness. (presume it's of a different sex)

They're a bit mental to say the least lol swimming into the filter output at high speeds and going back for more lol

Any help would be appreciated as these could eventually become permanent tankmates!

Cheers.
 
Either a Tiger Barb or the other one that looks similar Pentazona Barb
 
Looks much like Puntius pentazona to me.
Regards
BigC
 
Yes i think you're right.

I read about Tiger Barbs being fin nippers and they don't seem to show that type of behaviour... infact they're quite shy!
 
Puntus pentazona are not Tiger Barbs....
 
I know that, i mean't that these aren't fin nipping like tiger barbs would
 

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