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ChurchofAdam
07-03-2007, 04:08 AM
Can anybody ID these fish? some kind of tetra, maybe?
(The ones with the red streak)
cocoa_pleco
07-03-2007, 04:24 AM
kinda look like rasboras
Rue
07-03-2007, 04:39 AM
You're right...it does look more like a rasbora...

Which one though? I don't know them all...
cocoa_pleco
07-03-2007, 05:01 AM
harlequin maybe?
Algenco
07-03-2007, 12:25 PM
another vote for harlequin rasbora
Fishguy2727
07-03-2007, 12:54 PM
They do not look like the normal species of harlequin rasboras, but there are a few species of them, most likely one of the less common species of harlequin rasbora.
dev
07-03-2007, 12:56 PM
They are most likely either Trigonstigma espei (Lambchop rasbora) or Trigonstigma heteromorpha (Harlequin rasbora).

I think they look most like T. espei, but I will need a better picture to be sure.
ChurchofAdam
07-03-2007, 04:07 PM
are you sure they're not glowlight?
(http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cyprinids/HengelsRasbora.php)
Incredulous_Ed
07-03-2007, 04:18 PM
It definetly is a rasbora, but nor harlequin.
dev
07-03-2007, 04:20 PM
Hmm.. the T. hengeli is supposed to have a thinner orange line with very thin black line that ends in an angle, very symmetric to the orange line. and a more glass like body. They are also supposed to be very small, no more than 3 cm.

I think we need a better picture to be sure. Until then, I think we can agree that this is one of the four known Trigonostigma species, though I'm fairly sure that is is not T. heteromorpha or T. somphongsi.
sushant
07-03-2007, 06:19 PM
they can't be glowlight. looks like harlequin rasbora
troy
07-03-2007, 07:39 PM
I think Dev is right.
gm72
07-03-2007, 08:56 PM
are you sure they're not glowlight?
(http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cyprinids/HengelsRasbora.php)

Glowlights don't have that "hook" to their stripe toward their head as is evident in your picture. Coloration however, looks very similar.
dev
07-03-2007, 09:52 PM
I've discussed this with a friend and while we both would prefer a better picture, we now agree that unless there is more orange colouring over the gills that we can't make out on the current picture, they have to be young Trigonostigma heteromorpha (Harlequin rasbora) that have not yet reached their full adult shape.
RobbieG
07-04-2007, 03:01 AM
Look like Hengels Rasbora

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Trigonostigma_hengeli.php
ChurchofAdam
07-04-2007, 03:02 AM
sorry, can't get ya a better picture cause it's from the internet, lol. I just thought they looked really good in that planted setup (much better than neons but similar size)
gm72
07-04-2007, 02:07 PM
Look like Hengels Rasbora

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Trigonostigma_hengeli.php

Looks like it to my eyes after seeing that pic.
ChurchofAdam
07-04-2007, 03:50 PM
cool. so if that's a hengel's, what's an espei?
dev
07-04-2007, 03:52 PM
sorry, can't get ya a better picture cause it's from the internet, lol. I just thought they looked really good in that planted setup (much better than neons but similar size)

Well, in that case it probably won't matter so much which Trigonostigma it is, they all look almost the same and have almost identical demands to their environment. Some grow slightly larger than the others. And I agree, they look a lot nicer than neons :) I keep a small school of what we believe to be Harlequin in my asian tank, although after this thread we're no longer sure tbh. I also like the Glowlight tetra a lot (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)