Mystery Tetra From SeaView

[hwchoy]

Axelrodia riesei look like this:

[illumnae]

wow...i've never seen an axelrodia riesei so red before! wish i could get specimens like that in my tank =(

[Betta Almighty]

For A. riesei...the colouration is usually darker red in colour..also there are different patterns and also size differences.. don't even need to talk about veination of fins... this guy is about 3-4cm large.

ah i see....got them mixed up. So the ones in the pics are much bigger compared to A.riesei?
do you have both species in the same tank?

[ranmasatome]

About 2 times bigger.. but even if they were same size.. the pattern is different.

I have both species..but hold them in different tanks..

ilumnae - There used to be a time when all the supposedly "A. riesei" that came in were pale and garnet looking... now recently seen a batch at biotope that is truely quite red indeed... i believe the garnet ones might be a different fish or a variant..but can never confirm leh..

[Quixotic]

Sorry for digressing.. I thought Choy already IDed them as A. stigmatias?
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=29505

[illumnae]

ilumnae - There used to be a time when all the supposedly "A. riesei" that came in were pale and garnet looking... now recently seen a batch at biotope that is truely quite red indeed... i believe the garnet ones might be a different fish or a variant..but can never confirm leh..

hmmm maybe it's time for me to make a trip down to biotope if there's still stock...still deciding on fish for my nano tank lol, a few really red rubies might be good dithers

[hwchoy]

Sorry for digressing.. I thought Choy already IDed them as A. stigmatias?
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=29505

I don't think it is. the colour scheme on the caudal peduncle is different from both Axelrodia species (stigmatias and riesei). also Axelrodia are much smaller than these unknown tetras.

[Quixotic]

Ooops, this is getting more and more murky... hahaha... Choy, I know the fish in question of this mentioned thread topic is a dfferent fish.

I was actually referring to this fish that Ranma is talking about, the supposedly A. riesei that is garnet looking.

ilumnae - There used to be a time when all the supposedly "A. riesei" that came in were pale and garnet looking... now recently seen a batch at biotope that is truely quite red indeed... i believe the garnet ones might be a different fish or a variant..but can never confirm leh..

[hwchoy]

orh yah. haha knew you weren't that cockeye

[kiwibug]

Found a description and picture of a tetra that looks a little like this fish,


apart from the colours looking a little washed out, it does have similar markings on the caudal fin.

[hwchoy]

its hard to say, the photo has too much blue and interferes with the coloration. also JJphoto has a poor track record of getting the correct ID.

[ShadyFish]

they are sold as headlight glow tetra at polyart....i bought some of them last week 3 for $1

[Quixotic]

That's a different fish. Those are Hemigrammus ocellifer (head and tail light tetra).

[Edmundo]

Hey guys..

i bought about 6 of these guys about 10 days ago at seaview...
finally took pictures of the dominant one today.. they seem to school pretty well.
The question is...anyone knows what Characin this is????
I am damn befumbled...haha..if that is a word anyway..haha..



I have more pics but it was hell to colour blance them.. this one isn't exactly well balanced but was excited to post.. so yea..
Anyone knows??

After taking this photo.. i think i want to go down and buy more of them.. i really like this fish!! Check out that tail, the red highlights on most of its fins and those greenish highlights on the gillplates!! ROCKS!! i'll make space for this anyday!!

i bought 10 of those too. But i have totally no idea what it is. But find them interesting, at least, something i have never kept before.