ID: Some cyprinids

[Biotopeshop]

Dear All,

Our supplier from Phillippines sent to us a picture which we are unable to ID. What fish is this?

thanks

[o2bubble]

Looks a bit like flying fox but the tail is red... hmm

[ranmasatome]

at first glance i thought it was rasbora einthovenii but then when see properly...i think it is Leptobarbus hoeveni...also commonly known as sultan fish.. or the fish that will eat all the other tankmates eyeballs...
don't believe?? try it..

[jwuog]

To me it looks like rasbora borapetensis?

Used to have 2 borapetensis from Ecoculture: red fins + black and yellow lateral lines.

But don't trust me better let the senior experts confirm this.

[wynx]

at first glance i thought it was rasbora einthovenii but then when see properly...i think it is Leptobarbus hoeveni...also commonly known as sultan fish.. or the fish that will eat all the other tankmates eyeballs...
don't believe?? try it..

Sure looks like rasbora einthovenii..but again...Thio would surely know about it ..else he won't ask, right?

Justin: Good knowledge you have!

[Biotopeshop]

at first glance i thought it was rasbora einthovenii but then when see properly...i think it is Leptobarbus hoeveni...also commonly known as sultan fish.. or the fish that will eat all the other tankmates eyeballs...
don't believe?? try it..

Thanks Justin, so this is the common red cigar shark? I did a quick check at fishbase and the pictures there look so different. Yeah, Leptobarbus hoeveni is a very fierce fish..

thanks

Sure looks like rasbora einthovenii..but again...Thio would surely know about it ..else he won't ask, right?

Justin: Good knowledge you have!

I don't know, that's why i ask..

[ranmasatome]

jwuog, yeah they sure do look like rasbora borapetensis...just that R. borapetensis usually have clear fins..the red usually only comes after they are settled into whatever you put them in and not so stressed. Also the caudal redness in the fins is nearer to the body and not at the tips..

From the picture.. this fish looks rather large.. it almost takes up one entire plastic bag or at least half of it..so more suspiscion there...

Thio, think these guys can grow until 2ft or so... and also look rather fat and different.. apparently..quite delicious on the plate..haha..

[Quixotic]

The stripe for R. einthovenii starts from the mouth, across the eye all the way to the end of the caudal fin. The stripe in the pictured fish does not.

The stripe for R. borapetensis ends before the base of the caudal fin, and there is a pale but distinct stripe above the black stripe. The stripe in the pictured fish ends slightly after the base of the caudal fin.

It's not R. einthovenii or R. borapetensis. I think it looks very much like a juvenile Leptobarbus sp., so ranmasatome could be right.

[MrTree]

The sultan fish might be introduced. Oh yeah, found in fish farms here too.

Second fish should be Rasbora cf agyrotaenia, it won't grow big.

[Biotopeshop]

jwuog, yeah they sure do look like rasbora borapetensis...just that R. borapetensis usually have clear fins..the red usually only comes after they are settled into whatever you put them in and not so stressed. Also the caudal redness in the fins is nearer to the body and not at the tips..

From the picture.. this fish looks rather large.. it almost takes up one entire plastic bag or at least half of it..so more suspiscion there...

Thio, think these guys can grow until 2ft or so... and also look rather fat and different.. apparently..quite delicious on the plate..haha..

great! that explains why the pictures look different elsewhere..they are adult fish. Thanks.