What fish is that?

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I saw it in c328, near the cichlid tanks. It's a small bright silver fish, about 2cm in length. Seems to exhibit schooling behaviour. It's silver all over...

Anyone can tell me the scientific name of this fish?

[budak]

Anchovy

[PeterGwee]

Wah seh..no need to see also can tell one meh?

Regards
Peter Gwee

[stormhawk]

If these fishes are in a tank on the left side of the shop and kept together with guppies and assorted fishes, then they are definitely Horadandia atukorali. The only other silvery fish I can think of is the Sawbwa resplendens, but the males of this species has a red nose and red tips on the fins. They were definitely stressed in the tank I saw them in though so the red marks may not be evident.

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Argh no!

If you enter the shop by the left entrance, count to the third tank on the middle shelf. There's a bright silver little fish there.

EDIT: I found it! It was listed in my Aquajournals... Hemigrammus armstrongi


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[hwchoy]

actually this is believed to be the parasitised form of He. rodwayi. all these platinum fishes are due to guanine being exuded to cover parasitic infection.

[stormhawk]

Oh okay so its the silver tetra.

I know they come in regularly but didn't see any recently. Probably need to visit c328 soon.