Please help ID this fish. See pic

Lynsey

Lynsey

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I have a few ideas as to what this fish is, but I want to see what you guys think. The LFS didn't know what it was. It is about 5".

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The body looks all silver in person, and the tail is yellow with black on the edge.
 
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It was in a tank with rainbowfish, and it definately is not a Rainbowfish. When they were in the tank together, they definately looked and acted very different (also, it is much bigger). Its body looks more like a bala shark, and it is very active. I was thinking maybe some sort of chalceus or something like that, only the scales are not as big.
 
Thanks. Do you know of any websites that have any info on them. I thought it was neat looking, so I got it. This is the first fish that i have bought without researching it first. This is the only one that they had, will it be alright by itself, or should I try to get friends for it. It is going in a 5 foot tank, so I am glad that it will get bigger.
 
it is a characin or some sort of tetra,noticed the jaw,the adipose fin and the fin rays near the tail,i hope i am right on the spelling.
 
Actually, I don't think it is a "black-winged flying fish" either. I found a pic of them on the web. My fish does not have the black fins, and the black on the tail is much different. My fishes tail is yellow with black just on the edge. The black-winged flying fishes lookes more like a later mark on the base of the tail. My fish has no black on the base of the tail. Also, I noticed that its tail is not just V shaped, it has a little bump in the middle of the V.
 
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I do not know any websites but I can tell you they are fairly uncommon. I bought my first ones about 4 or 5 years ago and have never seen them since. When I got them though they were barely an inch. Great fish, wish I could find more but since I could not I bought three triportheus angulatus which they happily school with. If you can find them then by all means get them. If not the stress of living alone may cause problems. They may school with other suitable sized fish though as well. My 6 are in a six foot long tank and they use every inch of that length to swim.
They eat anything and everything. A very easy fish to keep. The only place I have seen any info on them is in any of the atlas's and that is very limited. By the way those are real nice pictures. I wish I could take them that good.

You posted when I did but when they are smaller the colours are much different. They lose the black in the pelvic fins as they grow. You want to see pictures look in the Baensch atlas. They are in there.
 
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