Anyone know this fish?

mickey · May 16, 2005

My friend picked this up at the lfs,
they had no idea there what it was?
can anyone enlighten us? cheers

p.s it is about 5"

NatakuTseng · May 16, 2005

Its a cyprinid species, looks like one of the "sharks", point you in the right direction anyway.

StreetCypher · May 16, 2005

could be a really stressed out rainbow shark...

or for some reason i want to say cigar shark, Leptobarbus hoevenii ?

Oddball~ · May 16, 2005

Ooh, that's be a nice find!

WinterWind · May 16, 2005

Looks like a beautiful fish! It does indeed look like a cyprinid species. Almost looks like a common goldfish.

suby7272 · May 16, 2005

Could be some stressed shark, but definitely not a Rainbow Shark

NatakuTseng · May 16, 2005

Deffinately not a goldfish either. I don't see that similarity.

mwood322 · May 17, 2005

Garra sp. maybe?

Definitely a cyprinid, though goldfish generally don't have any barbels, the garras can.

--Mia

NowherMan6 · May 17, 2005

It's a Black Shark

And they get HUGE.

Ramirezi · May 17, 2005

WHOA! that is going to get huge! better start saving for a very large tank or indoor pond!

and apparently these guys are pretty aggressive. i hope he's in a tank by himself.
another example of why to NEVER buy a fish that you arent sure what it is...

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