ID my grab bag of fish

[auxout]

I bought some more tanks, I didn't really want the fish but they came with them so they stay for now, while I try to find new homes for some of them. I swear they threw about 20 more fish in there when I wasn't looking, but anyhow help me ID them all, or more specifically help me figure out the exact type. I'm looking through the species indexes as I post but alot dont' have pictures so that makes it hard. Is there a good book like the Audubon Field Guides only for freshwater fish?
http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/angel.JPG
Angels, type?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish006.jpg
Pleco, type?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish008.jpg
Mr. Loach, type?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish011.jpg
2 little what?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish014.jpg
3 catfish, types?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish018.jpg
Silver Dollar?

http://jp.knoll.home.mchsi.com/Fish020.jpg
What the? rocks made my camera not focus, that is a fish.

[thom336]

im not hot on different types on angels....
but your first loach pic (near top) is a clown loach, below that are emerold tetras, yep silver dollars, and below that is the kuhli loach. im not hot on types of plecos either. not sure about those catfish - i think the one closest with the long whiskers may be a type of whiptail catfish. hope this helps.

[ChilDawg]

**** Mills' Aquarium Fish is a good one, as is John Dawes' Complete Encyclopedia of the Freshwater Aquarium.

[aquariaddictus]

If the one labelled silver dollar isn't a silver dollar (but I think it is), it's a red-bellied pacu. Better get one more tank!!

As for the cats, you've got a striped Rapheal (bottom), a pictus (spots) and I'm not sure about the plain one.
hth,
judy

[Skittyfish]

That's deffinately a Silver Dollar, looks like a Common Pleco to me, and I think the top two catfish are both pimelodus pictus, the top just looks like it's spot are in hiding. and my Angel looks just like those, my book says pterophyllum scalare hybrid.

[auxout]

Thanks alot this does help, I had no idea on the eel looking fish. I will check out that book too :)
I originally thought the silver dollar might be a pacu too but it doesn't have the mouth, and he hasn't eaten anyone yet lol.

[O-man21]

whne did you get the tank..and did you throw the fish in right away?

[bottomdweller]

The loach near the top is a clown and the catfish are Pictus catfish and the bottom loaches are Kuhlis and yes that one is a silver dollar.Not sure on the angels though.

[bottomdweller]

O and the pleco looks like a leapord(sp?) pleco to me.

[Haggisman]

Its a common pl*co and the tetras are black skirt tetras.Also the biggest of the 3 catfish is some sore of pim(maybe a 3 line).

[auxout]

Yeah I put the fish in right away, the tanks were established tanks. They were taken down transported and set up again. Some of the original water was also used.

[Sharyl C]

I think Simon & Schuster has a good feild guide style book for aquarium fish. Its has both fresh and saltwater fish as well as some amphibians and maybe some plants...I can't remember. Check it out though

[Ronne]

The angels look to be Silvers, and it looks like everything else has been id'd for you.

[1 fish 2 fish]

That's a lot of bottom feeders compared to other fish.

[thom336]

haggisman, not putting you down, but im certain those tetras are emerold....id know one a mile off. maybe they are the same fish under different names?

[Haggisman]

Thats cool, I have never heard of an emerald tetra so maybe they are similar/the same fish.But that is what they call them around here(blackskirt/black widow tetras).

[Billy Bob]

http://www.aquahobby.com/blacktetra.html is this what you call an emerald tera?

http://www.wardleyfish.com/fish_info.asp?selfish=T42&type=Tropical long finned version

[Haggisman]

I did a google search and didnt find any emerald tetra, its probably just a name the lfs made up(UK fish shops are terrible for this).

[thom336]

im referring to the name in refernce books...its what i go by, i would never quote fish shop names.

[thom336]

billy...similar, but no unfortunately.

[Haggisman]

If they were in books then I'm sure they would be on the web somewhere.I'm 100% sure the fish in the pic are black/black skirt/black widow tetras.

[thom336]

the colouration just looked a bit on the dull side to me for them to be black widows...but im beginning to see it now.

[Faramir]

Those are definitely black widows. They need to settle in before the normal bold colouring is seen. And when they get older, they tend to fade like the ones in the picture again.

[tracyj027]

HI
That is definitely a clown pleco, I have a couple.As for everything else I agree with everyone else

[Haggisman]

That is definitely NOT a clown pl*co, clowns only grow to about 3", its a common for sure.