Question by Nigel J: i bought some clown loach today and a extra fish was included in the bag!?
i dont know what it is, its about 1 1/2 cm long and is pale with a few black patches on it, looks similar in shape to a lamp eye killifish, check the video to see if u can tell me what it is!

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Answer by 8 In the corner
Looks like it could be a checkerboard barb that has not developed its’ proper coloration yet. Sorry I couldn’t be more certain.

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5 Responses to “i bought some clown loach today and a extra fish was included in the bag!?”

1. Kayla-Bug says:

   March 12, 2011 at 4:06 pm

   I can’t see it that great in the video, but does it look like the fish in this link?

   http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/tetras/p/bbleporinus.htm

   From the video it looked like some sort of tetra.

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2. KoKo KiTTy says:

   March 12, 2011 at 4:16 pm

   It’s cute! it looks like some sort of barb to me.

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3. RPo333 says:

   March 12, 2011 at 4:21 pm

   it looks kindof like a rasbora to me. google some rasbora pics.

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4. catx says:

   March 12, 2011 at 4:25 pm

   I think I would be leaning towards Barb fry over Tetra too. Possibly a Checker Barb as someone else mentioned, or I would put my money on a Spanner Barb:
   http://www.livefish.com.au/images/spanner_barb.jpg
   If so, it should get around the 6″ mark and be in a shoal! The black markings look similar but not quite identical.
   http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=22307

   The easiest way to find out of course is let it mature and see what happens! If you can get a clearer photo with a good camera with a macro lens that would make it easier.

   Does it have an adipose fin (a small second dorsal fin)? If so, it’s a member of the characin family and would actually rule out barbs/rasboras etc. Cyprinids (barbs etc) do not have an adipose fin.

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5. Harold UK says:

   March 12, 2011 at 4:39 pm

   Looking at that little fish tells me that it’s not a lampeye and it’s not a checkerboard barb and not exactly a spanner barb because it has the upright dorsal fin of a spanner barb but does not show a black stripe near it’s caudal fin.

   It could be crossed by a spanner barb and a clown barb but I would put my money that it’s a Clown Barb[Puntius Everetti]

   Check out with these pictures.

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