Fish ID

Okay, it sounds as though its unanimous! Their barbs and most likely
Golden Barbs then. Are they a fairly rare type of fish? I bought these at
the pet store and they were kind of expensive for your typical fish
purchase, almost $5.00 a piece US. I appreciate everyone's input!! Thank
you everyone once again!

Doug


"Liisa Sarakontu" wrote in message
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"Doug" wrote in
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They look mostly like Golden Barbs, Barbus semifasciolatus "schuberti".
They are certainly barbs and not tetras, and they don't look like Rosy
Barbs. Rosies don't have that kind of dark pattern on their sides, but
Goldens sometimes do. Most Goldens (at least around here) are rather pale
yellow with no or just very little dark spotting, but some strains are
brighter yellow/orange with some red highlights, and they often have more
dark spotting/shading on sides.

Liisa