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Re: Help to identify



> From: Chad Sutton <chadsutton at cox_net>
>
> Hello all.  Could someone help me with the identity of this species?
> http://members.cox.net/chadsutton/mysteryfish1.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/chadsutton/mysteryfish2.jpg

Uh oh. Looks like you have Leptobarbus hoeveni there. Goes under such
common names as "Siamese Barb", "Siamese Rasbora" and "Mad Barb". Grows up
to 1 meter long and loses that pretty red color. I have seen some 40 cm
long specimens in a local public aquarium.

Liisa