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Re: Help to identify
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Help to identify
- From: Liisa Sarakontu <lsarakon at cc_hut.fi>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:47:27 +0300 (EET DST)
- In-reply-to: <200304092008.h39K89ow003724 at otter_actwin.com>
- References: <200304092008.h39K89ow003724 at otter_actwin.com>
> 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