View Full Version : Please help ID this fish. See pic
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 8:03 PM
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".
http://209.61.216.212/upload/221jax/fish2.jpg
http://209.61.216.212/upload/221jax/fish1.jpg
The body looks all silver in person, and the tail is yellow with black on the edge.
rjl420
12-09-2002, 8:56 PM
maybe a rainbow fish? or some kind of killi?
I'm 0-1 on fish ID's today though... ;)
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 9:06 PM
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.
Darkangel
12-09-2002, 9:08 PM
That is an easy one. I have 3 of them. They get quite large and are very robust. Common name is Black winged flying fish, scientific is triportheus rotundatus.A very nice peaceful schooling fish Will not bother anybody. They do however get to 6 inches.
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 9:34 PM
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.
wetmanNY
12-09-2002, 9:41 PM
round of applause from onlookers, as in golf
Serrateeth_2002
12-09-2002, 9:44 PM
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.
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 9:56 PM
Right now he is schooling with my Giant Danios, or chasing them, I can't tell:) He seems to be doing ok.
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 10:02 PM
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.
Darkangel
12-09-2002, 10:04 PM
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.
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 10:33 PM
Dark Angel- here is the only pic that I could find. Do yours look anything like this. Mine is 5" and doesn't look anything like it. Also does yours have the little blip in the middle of the V of it tail?
http://209.61.216.212/upload/221jax/pic.jpg
Darkangel
12-09-2002, 10:40 PM
That is what they looked like when they were really small. They change a lot as they grow. I am trying to put some pics up for you to view. I hope the links work.
Picture 1: http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/7d941d7f/bc/My+Fish/triportheus+rotundatus.jpg?bcZQX99ApJpTi4Wz
Picture 2: http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/7d941d7f/bc/My+Fish/triportheus+rotundatus+2.jpg?
Picture 3:http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/7d941d7f/bc/My+Fish/triportheus+rotundatus+3.jpg? The lead fish in this photo is the triportheus angulatus.
I can not get 2 and three to work so go here, they are the last two pictures in group. http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/tippmann_dad/lst?.dir=/My+Fish&.view=t
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 11:21 PM
Cool pics. I also have albino brislenose plecos. I really like your other tanks too. I think that my fish might be the Triportheus albus, but I am not sure.
Check out this site: http://216.239.39.120/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.la-atlantida.com/9galerias/peces/caracido/1framegral.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtriportheus%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie %3DUTF-8
Mine kind of looks like the other one in person. It is definately a Triportheus genus though. Thanks for all of your help. :)
rjl420
12-09-2002, 11:23 PM
0-2 :D
Lynsey
12-09-2002, 11:33 PM
Cool pics. I also have albino brislenose plecos. I really like your other tanks too. I think that my fish might be the Triportheus albus, but I am not sure.
Check out this site: http://216.239.39.120/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.la-atlantida.com/9galerias/peces/caracido/1framegral.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtriportheus%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie %3DUTF-8
Mine kind of looks like the other one in person. It is definately a Triportheus genus though. Thanks for all of your help. :)
Darkangel
12-09-2002, 11:34 PM
No problem. Glad you liked the pictures. Later.
looks like what we at meijer sell as gold tetras, a little like congo tetras even