Mobitex

I'm new to freshwater species and my friend gave me this but he can't remember what kind of fish he bought. Can anyone help?

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Allie

That's some species of rainbow fish.
http://elmersaquarium.com/10rainbowfish.htm

Tom

I honestly think that that is a turquose(?) rainbowfish.
Tom

Marc

Looks like a Giant Danio to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_danio

MrWaxhead

To me it almost looks like a juvenile congo tetra, from its colouration near its tail.

Allie

I think you may be right.

Jacko

It isn't a congo tetra, there is no adipose fin and the mouth is a superior mouth not terminal like the congo tetra.

About how big is it? Does it have a black lateral stripe?

MrWaxhead

Fin is lacks hmm i didn't notice that, I just noticed the colourations, not sure then hehe

MrWaxhead

Maybe its a bengal danio?
your fish

Bengal or Danio devario

Mobitex

No Black lateral stripe but it does have white. And about 2 1/2 inches long.

Mobitex

Hey Marc, I looked at the link for the Danio. But the colours are off. Mines silver and white. But they look very similiar.

Thank you all for the responses.

Kevin

i would guess rainbowfish...but what kind i have no idea...the closest i saw was the turquoise...but yours might be young, and still developing its color, so it might be difficult to determine just by looking at a picture
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/s...cfm?pCatId=886
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/cat/...3/category.web

Jacko

My guess after a bit of research is Devario regina. Does it look alike?

http://images.google.com/images?sour...=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Isabella

LOL, this is one hard fish to figure out! It looks like all 3 of them to me: like Congo Tetra, Turquoise Rainbow, and some Giant Danio, lol Well ... it looks like a bit of all of these 3, but not completely.

Maybe a Trifasciata Rainbow with colors not yet fully developed? Honestly, no idea! We need Carol (Butterfly) or Dino here!

Chief_waterchanger

I would go with rainbow due to dorsal fin placement.

Good luck.

Butterfly

It looks just like one I saw at the LFS yest. I believe it was a female Turquoise Rainbow. I was shopping for threadfin Rainbows (yes I bought three ) So i looked at all of them
Carol

Jacko

To me it looks more like a danio/devario dorsal, a rainbows extends from middle-back to tail but this fish' doesn't. Here are some examples:

Rainbowfish dorsal:


Danio dorsal:


? fish dorsal:

Wolfgang8810

could it be some crazy mix of the to?

Kevin

are the feamle rainbows fins shorter than the males?

Marc

Probably a Pearl Danio, possibly a Blue Danio.

Chief_waterchanger

No, it could not be a crossbred hybrid of the two.

The pictures shown in the example above, the three pictures (one danio one of the fish in question and one of a rainbow all dorsal fin shots) I would like to point out the fish in question's dorsal fin is shaped exactly like the dorsal of the rainbow pic provided.

Kevin

thats exactly what i saw...hence my "are the females fins shorter than the males?" question

Marc

Keep in mind that most dorsal fins look that way when lowered.

Jacko

Ditto, plus it lacks the first little small fin before the extended part that all rainbows have.

Mobitex

I took the fish into the local petstore and he told me it was a Giant Danio. Wow! I appreciate all the responses. Thank you all!