In that case, would @hampalong please reveal the name of the fish in his photo
Well, I can only assume you've got it right, those that think they have...
The clue is in the name - not the fish's name, but my name.....
The fish is called
Hampala ampalongIt's a predatory Barb from Sumatra and Borneo. While researching it's ID I only found a handful of pictures online, of a couple of specimens caught in a Thai fishing lake that were about 12-15" or so (quite small for a Hampala).
Two 3" ones arrived at my local MHA (Maidenhead Aquatics), thought to be H. macrolepidota, but I knew they weren't by the markings and the fact that they were behaving like mid-water predators rather than bottom-hugging ones.
They were so cute I just had to have them. They were always together, just like they were when I got them home...
They had a very interesting feeding habit. When the tank was filled with a cloud of Prima, the dollars would sail around gobbling up all in their path (like Homer in the space shuttle?). The Hampalas would eye up one piece then lunge at it, then eye up another piece to the side (always to the side), turn on the spot and lunge at that... and so on...
They turned out to be a male and female. Sadly the male died last year from multiple blockages from swallowing whole cockles at night meant for the Black Ghost. It wasn't nice at all having to euthanise him. He was about 6", the female is about 8".