Are there more than one species of tinfoil barb?

[davis101]

I have five tinfoil barbs. 2 are completely silver with black streaks in their tails and 3 are yellowish with no black in their tails.

 

[davis101]

The two silver ones also have black tips on thier dorsal fins while the others do not

 

[davis101]

Got it figured. There are two very similar species sold under the name tinfoil barbs

 

[Rafini]

Regular tinfoil barbs have black in their tail and can reach 14". I have seen some truly goliath ones my uncle used to have, like oscars that moved like torpedos.

Red tail tinfoils grow to around 8"-9" I used to have 12 of them in my 225 and they were all fully grown and used every single inch of that aquarium. It was 3 feet wide. So I recommend they have a lot of room

 

[sashimimaster]

I had 'albino' ones that were pretty much pale orange with orange eyes.

 

[MyGiants]

barbonymus schwanenfeldii and barbonymus altus.