Fish ID

[Ali Day]

Hi,
Just seen a fish in my LFS that I don't recognise and my missus really likes
it so need to look at compatibility. The problem is here in france
everything is sold by it's latin name, and I never remember the name.

It's a deep bodied silver fish, inch and a half long with a flat back and a
very deep thin belly, with it's two lateral fins located high on it's back
which makes it look like it is flying. LFS guy told me it's a schooling
fish, top water swimmer.

Any ideas?

cheers

A

[Charles]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:30:24 +0200, "Ali Day"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>Just seen a fish in my LFS that I don't recognise and my missus really likes
>it so need to look at compatibility. The problem is here in france
>everything is sold by it's latin name, and I never remember the name.
>
>It's a deep bodied silver fish, inch and a half long with a flat back and a
>very deep thin belly, with it's two lateral fins located high on it's back
>which makes it look like it is flying. LFS guy told me it's a schooling
>fish, top water swimmer.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>cheers
>
>A
>
Sounds like hatchetfish to me.

Several different kinds, one here:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/hatchet.php


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- Charles
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[Ali Day]

> >It's a deep bodied silver fish, inch and a half long with a flat back and
a
> >very deep thin belly, with it's two lateral fins located high on it's
back
> >which makes it look like it is flying. LFS guy told me it's a schooling
> >fish, top water swimmer.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >A
> >
> Sounds like hatchetfish to me.
>
> Several different kinds, one here:
>
> http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/hatchet.php

That's it spot on.

Many thanks

A