What kind of (FW) fish is this?
 

Can anyone ID this guy for me?

Was thinking maybe a rainbow of some kind but I thought they had a different shape?

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Denison's Barb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denison%27s_Barb

Cheers,
Vic

AKA. "Indian Flasher Barb"
AKA. "Roseline Shark"

It is a barb. Pretty common/good tank-mate for tetras and stuff and a community fish. its one of the less aggressive barbs. Also pricier. Active, colourful, schoolers. Pretty cool fish actually!

New fish of yours?

A barb! Cool, thanks!!

Saw them at Georgia Aquarium in with clown loaches. Not a new fish for me (not "yet" anyhow, haha. I want some now though! I have to fix up my FW setup first though, it's kind of a hair algae disaster at the moment.)

agreed with above.
PS they like to be in groups

They do like to live in groups...however 2 do NOT do well in a tank...too much picking on each other......beautiful fish though!

I have tried groups of 5 & 6 of this barb and always end up with one. Others seem to have luck in groups but in my 125g they would fight, I have 1 large now and he is beautiful.

Rosaline shark. Have one in our freshwater. When fed bloodworms, his red is gorgeous...Fun fish!!!:biggrin:

Found a whole bunch today on my LFS tripping. :lol: But didn't buy any. My FW tank needs a workover before I put any new fish in there. I might pick up a few after that which gives me time to save up for them. Wow, you guys aren't kidding when you said they're pricey.

How much are they over in Calgary? A vendor on BC Aquaria (pm me for name) can get them in regularly for around $12 each.

Cheers,
Vic

They were selling at $20 each at the one store that had them.

I remember when they first came out, they were going for $40+

I have 5!! I had my previous 5 die to ich when introduced by other fish!

They do better in a longer tank!! My first group of 5 all got to be about 5.5 inches!! And they are lightning fast!!

I have seen themfrom anywhere between 25 and 80 bucks

also these are not barbs!! They have be reclassified ! Hey are Now called puntias dennisonii. I did a bunch of research a while back when I was thinking of breeding them!! When I did the research the only thing I could find on breeding was that their was no recorded case of this in Captivity!! I think has changed tho as they are far more readilly available now!

ElGuappo is right.... I remember hearing about the reclassification! Good catch!

Tony - $20+ seems to be pretty average price for them in pet stores. Up here... from 1.5-3" they seem to cost anywhere from 20-40 each.

This fish is such unethical buy. It's pretty much the same situation as the Bangaii Cardinal, only there is no grassroots hobbyist movement to rectify the situation.

They are in every store here in Lethbridge now. They seems like a really nice little fish, actice, easy to keep, and moderatly priced compared to what they used to be.

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Over collection in their natural habitat. Not many (maybe 1-2) reported cases of breeding in captivity.

Cheers,
Vic