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LittlefishWithout wishing to sound like a numpty, but can any of you "old timers"/experienced fishy peeps help to identify the fish in Mark's first picture. Thanks.
PaddycIn fear of sounding like a numpty myself... Maybe an Albino Red Tail shark or something like that? Can you even get those???
SueIt's an not oddball (he said so). It's big. There are several in his tank.
Which means I don't know as I haven't a clue about most big fish. But it has a sort of barb appearance to it.......
LittlefishI'm guessing that the odd thing about it is that it doesn't normally have spots.
After a rummage around YouTube, following the links that Mark posted, being distracted by all the ones about the black ghost (which was awesome), and finally coming across one titled "Barbs and lettuce"
where a pair of the fish in question make an appearance.
Clip says it contains the following fish "Lemon Fin Barbs/Diamond Barb/Diamond Shark (Hypsibarbus wetmorei)", so I had a look at them and couldn't find any with spots on.
However, did find a link to the PFK forum archive where there was a discussion about lemon fin barbs being sold to people as diamond sharks, so I think Paddy can come out from behind the sofa because barb or shark even more experienced people were being mis-sold one as the other (didn't think it could be an albino with spots though).
That's as far as I've got because I keep getting distracted by other fish.
SueGot it!
In his post, member Hampalong said "I'll let you guess what it is".
That was a huge clue.
When you all give up, I'll tell you what it is and how I found out
(it did involve a bit of 'cheating')
Please post your suggestions below and I'll say if you're right *smug feeling*