help me pls identify a tetra

[gonna_b_no_1]

no, no picture...srry

Orange with 3 black lines that run up and down body.

[cchayer]

tiger barb? 

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/cyprinids2/p/tigerbarb.htm

[gonna_b_no_1]

No.  It's not a tiger barb.

It is a tetra, similar looking to a tiger barb but has orange dorsal fin and only 3 stripes that run  up and down the body.

Sometimes, it pays to write down the names when you buy fish in a rush!  lol

[mseguin]

I really can't think of anything that matches that description.

[KLKelly]

I'm curious now - I just spent an hour looking based on your description   Once I found a picture matching the description it wasn't even close.  Let us know

[gonna_b_no_1]

I'm going to call the darned store tomorrow.  Been trying to id this fish for 2 darned days and now i've  stumped the "walking fishy encyclopedia" too

*errrr@stores who mislabel fishies*

[garnpet]

Arulius Barb???

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

[mseguin]

My theory is still the 5 lined barb

[Sue]

Almost all Characins (tetras) have an extra fin, the adipose fin on the top of their body near the tail. Does your fish have that second fin? The Barbs (or at least the common ones I can think of) have only one dorsal fin.

[zapisto]

Almost all Characins (tetras) have an extra fin, the adipose fin on the top of their body near the tail. Does your fish have that second fin? The Barbs (or at least the common ones I can think of) have only one dorsal fin.

good comment.
i cannot see any tetra who match the desc ... so i am also going to bard direction...

[babblefish1960]

Well, that is a majority who believe this is a barb, myself included, a picture would certainly help, have you any other description you could apprise us with such as body shape, caudal fin shape and colour, even the mouth shape and relative location is helpful information too.

Now we're all curious, so fess up when you find out.

[Laura]

put that camera phone to work

[cory]

[cory]

or maybe Red Minor Serpae Tetra

[RoxyDog]

now i've  stumped the "walking fishy encyclopedia" too

who's that? 

and I have no idea what that fish might be.   

[Crumpet]

who's that? 

Matty but of course 

[gonna_b_no_1]

I called Walmart and asked them to id the fish for me.  First they told me that they didn't have any fish of that kind in the store.  (@$%@$%@)

Then I made them send someone to literally go run down to the tanks and look.  (do you remember what tank you got them out of?...sure do..i had to bag em too!)

Label says:  Striped Tiger Tetra. 

So i hop online in hopes to find a picture....NOPE! Not even close!!

Tiger Tetra(Hoplias malabaricus) is not the fish I bought...but they do kinda sound kool!  lol


So my best guess is that it is indeed a tiger barb...but..there's still the question of the orange dorsal fin.  These guys are really REALLY young.(not bigger than an inch)

Could the black coloration on the dorsal fin be missing in a juvinile tiger barb and then the color grow in as they mature?

[nicoblue]

The body colour may not be relevant...it may have been a dyed tetra also. Blackskirts and goldskirts are still sold dyed fairly often.

[Laura]

Go to google images and put in tiger barb - some have more orange in their dorsal than in the link provided above.  Also check out http://www.greenparktropical.com/Fish/barb.htm for some other variations of tiger barbs.