Thank you for the picture. It is always exciting to see wild caught characins as there are so many of them and a lot are still undescribed. that bar and spot on the caudal peduncle definitely looks interesting, but alas I have no ID for you.
Hi Guys,
Pardon a newbie immediately starting a new thread. I'm trying to identify a characin we imported as part of a recent South American shipment. Fish are wild caught, currently between 2-4cm and all consistent with red line at tail. Closest match I can find is Astyanax ruberrimus which I can't find much info on and only one photo at fishbase. Apologies for quality of photo, still learning about set up for fish.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Last edited by kbfish; 27th May 2009 at 02:57.
Thank you for the picture. It is always exciting to see wild caught characins as there are so many of them and a lot are still undescribed. that bar and spot on the caudal peduncle definitely looks interesting, but alas I have no ID for you.
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
Try ringing Andy Taylor at BAS (daves aquarium/british aquatic supestore) and email them the picture. He'll ID it for you.
Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.
hiya kbfish
Cracking fish,your picture is fine-shows everything we want to see,let us know when you ID it.Jim
Could it be a bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus)?
Or some similar family. See the teeth..
definitely not an Exodon paradoxus, besides all characins have such dentures, albeit some more impressive than others.
now where's that Heiko when you need him.
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
one of the Moenkhausia sp.
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