Can anyone ID this fish?

**henkychif** · 01-19-2007, 04:32 AM

http://ksand.rackhost.net/2007/011700/DSC00312.jpg
http://ksand.rackhost.net/2007/011700/DSC00342.jpg

I included the first pic to show the barbels.

**AuroraAustralis** · 01-19-2007, 11:09 AM

Sorry can't help you on this one.. If I had to hazard a guess I would say it was a barb (though I've never kept a barb so what do I know

lol) If I had to make up a name for it I would call it a checkered barb... but don't quote me on that lol
It's a pretty fish whatever it is

Hopefully someone else will come along that can ID it

**crackatinny** · 01-19-2007, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by henkychif

http://ksand.rackhost.net/2007/011700/DSC00312.jpg
http://ksand.rackhost.net/2007/011700/DSC00342.jpg

I included the first pic to show the barbels.

Might be easier if you could give a bit of a size description or something in all these posts

**henkychif** · 01-19-2007, 02:15 PM

Not a Checker Barb. About 3 inches long.

**Lady Hobbs** · 01-19-2007, 03:04 PM

Shaped like my rasbora's but those whiskers make it look like something from the loach family........odd looking fish

**Severus** · 01-19-2007, 07:32 PM

I was thinking rasbora at first too because i looked at the second picture first. The whiskers totally threw me off.

**kimmers318** · 01-20-2007, 03:23 AM

With the barbels it is most likely some type of cory. I have seen similar markings, but they weren't as slim bodied. Try those pics on planetcatfish.com....if it is a cory they will be able to ID for you!

**andy27** · 01-20-2007, 09:19 AM

sterba's cory possibly?

**Cichlid_Man** · 01-20-2007, 11:31 AM

Weird!
The back end looks like my tetra and the whiskers look like cory???

Genetic mess up or trick photography :-)

**Fishguy2727** · 01-20-2007, 12:48 PM

Barbs have small barbels, and that is defnitely not a cory of any kind. It is some sort of barb and I am pretty sure I have seen it before, just can't remember where or what they called it.