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    Help required to ID type of Danios

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    Hi all, please help to ID this type of danios. Is the red at the back and bottom of the body of natural or dyed colour?

    danio1.jpgdanio2.jpgdanio3.jpgdanio4.jpg

    Apologies for the blur pictures as they are taken from a camera phone.

    Thank you in advance.
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    Re: Help required to ID type of Danios

    Anyone would be able to help?
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    Re: Help required to ID type of Danios

    It is the leopard danio, i have a feeling the red parts are not natural. People have created glowing leopard danios, glofish, so it is no surprise that they will dye them.

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    Re: Help required to ID type of Danios

    Wrong ID. This is the Zebra Danio aka Danio rerio. Lack of spotting on the mid-body behind the pectoral fins and the lines denotes the identity as that of Danio rerio. First image, while blur, shows no spotting of any kind.

    There are dyed and "GloFish" forms of this fish commonly sold, so if has some red in the body, that is not "natural".
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    Re: Help required to ID type of Danios

    I see. They must have gone through some horrible processes to get the colour but am curious as in how they can be dyed with such uniformed colour on just the top and bottom.

    Thank you lucasjiang and stormhawk for the ID.
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