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Mean_Chlorine
July 2nd 04, 02:00 PM
At the local LFS they have a barb which looks much like Barbus/Puntius
barilioides, bluebanded barb - ie small, slender, golden-colored with
bluish transverse bands.
However, in addition to the seven transverse blue bands, it also has a
longitudinal stripe along the sides.

Does anyone know what barb that might be?

Is it some local variation of barilioides, or a different species?

Mean_Chlorine
July 14th 04, 12:27 AM
(Mean_Chlorine) wrote in message >...
> At the local LFS they have a barb which looks much like Barbus/Puntius
> barilioides ... However, in addition to the seven transverse blue bands, it also
> has a longitudinal stripe along the sides.

Update: the fish turned out to be Eirmotus octozona, a small barb from
south-east asia.