My LFS has some fish that are listed as 'Algae Eating Sharks' that look similar to SAEs. Does anyone know if this is a different name that is sometimes used, or if it is something different?
Algae Eating Shark?
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AES, SAE - they've moved the S!!!
I'm kiddin, but I would imagine that if they do looks like SAE's, and apparently do the same job, then they are probably SAE's under a different name.
Hope this helps,
Michael.
I'm kiddin, but I would imagine that if they do looks like SAE's, and apparently do the same job, then they are probably SAE's under a different name.
Hope this helps,
Michael.
Some of the fish over in that particular branch of the Cyprinid family are sometimes called Sharkminnows. Fish like the Red-Tailed Shark and the Bala Shark are relatives of the Siamese Algae-Eater (SAE), who is also called the Siamese Flying Fox in a lot of places. Its also easy to confuse the SAE with the False Siamese and the Flying Fox.
For true SAEs:
1) the fins are clear 2) the black stripe extends through the tail and has a jagged edge 3) the scales on its back have dark edges 4) there is either no or an indistinct stripe above the black line.
IME when they are freaked out in a fishstore they get paler so that 3 & 4 can be unreliable: the fish gets too pale to see the edging and whatever faint stripe there is gets more pronounced as they get pale.
HTH
For true SAEs:
1) the fins are clear 2) the black stripe extends through the tail and has a jagged edge 3) the scales on its back have dark edges 4) there is either no or an indistinct stripe above the black line.
IME when they are freaked out in a fishstore they get paler so that 3 & 4 can be unreliable: the fish gets too pale to see the edging and whatever faint stripe there is gets more pronounced as they get pale.
HTH
Could also be these. This is a False SAE, Very often shipped as a Flying Fox, or a SAE, which it is not.
Also I have seen RTS (Red-Tailed Sharks) eating algae, as well as Flyign Foxes, False SAE's, and almost any Garra species.
--Mia
Also I have seen RTS (Red-Tailed Sharks) eating algae, as well as Flyign Foxes, False SAE's, and almost any Garra species.
--Mia