Is this a shark or a freshwater fish?

[quake2eater]

from the looks of this fish this one looks like a bony fish.
It doesn't look like a shark to me.
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but someone insisted that this is a shark that he bought from a pet store.

[jman]

the pics are so blurry but my guess is that it is salt but still is very blurry

[f1oored]

Lots of fish at the pet stores are labled as sharks when they are really just fish. Rainbow shark, bala shark, ID Shark, red tailed shark. It could be something like that but there aren't any true freshwater sharks (that I know of). Someone will probably be along soon to prove me wrong lol.

[Chrona]

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lol, sorry, had to ;)

<3

[Sasquatch]

The pics ain't great, but it looks like an iridescent shark. I'm not sure if they get that big, but they do get pretty big.

[f1oored]

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lol, sorry, had to ;)

<3

I knew that was going to happen lol.

[Sasquatch]

Did a looky on FishBase.

Iridescent Shark aka: Pangasius hypophthalmus

Here's the page

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It's not a real shark. It's actually a catfish. The anal and adipose fins gave it away. It's pretty common in most LFSs around here, though they don't often tell you they get as big as they do.

[Drumachine09]

Did a looky on FishBase.

Iridescent Shark aka: Pangasius hypophthalmus

Here's the page

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It's not a real shark. It's actually a catfish. The anal and adipose fins gave it away. It's pretty common in most LFSs around here, though they don't often tell you they get as big as they do.

Damn, you beat me to it!

[cocoa_pleco]

I bought a black shark yesterday. Do they count as sharks?

[Sasquatch]

Is it three feet long with big sharp teeth?:hmm3grin2orange:

As mentionned in Chrona's post, aquarium fish are often mislabelled as "Sharks". The fact is most are minnows (Cyprinids) and some other are catfish (Siluriforms).

Do you have any pics? An easy way to tell them apart is that catfish have small adipose fins near their tails. They're usually not fully formed fins, but little stubs. If that's not there, it's a minnow.

[cocoa_pleco]

ill post a link to photobucket later. This black shark of mine acts like a upside down cat, but its called a black shark and gets a foot max

[Incredulous_Ed]

ill post a link to photobucket later. This black shark of mine acts like a upside down cat, but its called a black shark and gets a foot max
Was it labeled as a Labeo? those aren't true sharks

[quake2eater]

I saw that in your message what does that mean?

[cocoa_pleco]

irs not labeo, here, ill link to the only care sheet i found


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[cocoa_pleco]

Ill know he'll get huge, so when he outgrows the 20 ill get a 100g.

He has lots of bottom fins like real sharks too

[*Sarah*]

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[cocoa_pleco]

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Thats mine too?

[*Sarah*]

Thats mine too?

That's a freshwater shark. F1oored said they didn't exist lol. They are rare I guess.

[Severus]

It has got to be an irridescent.

[cocoa_pleco]

Mine? no, its not a i.d.
I used to have one tho.
The one in the pic is maybe a id since they get huge

[cocoa_pleco]

so, technically, i have a shark??

[*Sarah*]

so, technically, i have a shark??

Does it look like the pic on the site I posted, with the gills and all that? I dunno what u have, but maybe. They're VERY rare though, they were thought to be extinct the site said.

[cocoa_pleco]

weird. Mine has fins like a real shark, and gills like a shark.

[*Sarah*]

Well, if you do, don't kill it! lol.

[Severus]

Mine? no, its not a i.d.
I used to have one tho.
The one in the pic is maybe a id since they get huge

I meant threadstarter. I didnt look through the whole thread

[cocoa_pleco]

EEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK, so muuuuuuuuucccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhh preeeeeeeeessssssssuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He gets along good in my community tank though.His fins are really interesting, like a sharks

[*Sarah*]

EEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK, so muuuuuuuuucccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhh preeeeeeeeessssssssuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He gets along good in my community tank though.His fins are really interesting, like a sharks

That's cool, sounds like a neat fish (or shark?). Hopefully he stays healthy.

[cocoa_pleco]

it says theyre extremely hardy and turn brown if they get sick. And they fight sickness so well just a 30% water change will cure em.
They also turn brown if stressed.
Mines comin out of the coconut and sifting through the sand.
Now, hes sittin in a huge hole in the sandstone

[Incredulous_Ed]

Can you post a pic?

[cocoa_pleco]

ill try tomorrow morning as soon as i get my memory card. My guy swims slowly and gracefully through the water

[cocoa_pleco]

ah, screw it. Ill borrow a camera and have a pic in 10 min.

[cocoa_pleco]

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BAD pic. He is really antsy at times and here he stopped to num on some flakes

He's really cool

[cocoa_pleco]

WOW, mine is a shark! i read that sharks are the only things that can blink, and every min or so mine blinks

[cocoa_pleco]

Characteristics

In general, all river sharks feature the following field characteristics:

* a short, broadly rounded snout ;
* small, widely spaced nostrils;
* small, dark eyes;
* broad, serrated upper teeth;
* very short labial furrows (lip grooves), restricted to the jaw corners;
* a broad dorsal fin with the mid-base closer to the base of the pectoral fins than those of the pelvic fins; and
* an anal fin with a deeply excised posterior margin.



off of wikipedia. WOW, those are exactly my guys characteristics

[Severus]

From what i could distinguish he looks pretty cool

[Sasquatch]

It's hard to tell from the image, but I'd guess that your black shark is actually a minnow.

If it's not a marine tank, it's very unlikely it's a real shark.

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It's hard to tell anything from that pic, except that it has fins lol

[cocoa_pleco]

im certain its now a minnow. He swims SLOW, and very gracefully, and acts like sharks.
Hes pretty amazing cruisin around right now.

I went out and bought him some mopani wood and java fern