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    barb name pls

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    Anyone know what barb this is??

    got some from gratiola...they say glass barb but...really...dont think it is..
    whats the scientific name??


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    Eirmotus octozona aka eight-banded barb.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    Wah Choy!! No need to see already can ID?

    Anyway, they have some very, very, very interesting shrimps there. Right Justin?

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    OH!!!!! eight banded false barb ah?? not true barb leh...haiz..have to remove from barb rasbora tank then...

    Eh Benny...what shrimps?? you mean those turning pink ah?? lol...

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    Goodness!! Even fishes are like LV bags these day!!? How do we differentiate!!??

    Choy better conduct a class for us!!

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    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    It's still a species in the cyprinid family, to which barbs, rasboras, danios, carp, goldfish and many others belong. Barbs is simply a term once used for those fishes loosely classified under the genera Barbus/Puntius. Nowadays, the so-called 'tiger barbs' (tetrazona, pentazona, hexazona, etc) are classified as Systomus based on their shared traits (and common descent). Eirmotus octozona is really just another 'barb', just that it is thought to be less closely related to the other 'tiger barbs'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by benny
    Wah Choy!! No need to see already can ID?

    Anyway, they have some very, very, very interesting shrimps there. Right Justin?

    Cheers,

    what? the pix is there what?

    anyway budak is right, barb is a catch all name for small cyprinids. they don't have to be from the genus Puntius which is a longkang genus anyway.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

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    actually i used the term loosely...i just wanted a tank with only barbus/putius in it.. but i guess..i may make just one exception..lol

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    Eirmotus octozona is a good cyprinid/ barb to have in the tank, however they're a little fragile. At least in my experience with them. Keep them happy with live foods and they'll be fine. Daphnia gets them crazy.
    Fish.. Simply Irresistable
    Back to Killies... slowly.

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