Barbus / Puntius callipterus?? Look alike?

[santoury]

Please post pictures of the above fish - !/2 of Fishbase's barb listings do not have photos, and my unidentifed barb RESEMBLES callipterus, BUT mine is more diamond shaped (elongate) My problem is that this fish has a pointy snout, while the FEW pictures of callipterus show a rounded head.

Please list photos (or names) of barbs that look like callipterus.

I also cannot tell if callipterus has the red dorsal fin, edged in black. The BODY is the same though as far as the checkered pattern is concerned. My fish has a dorsal fin exactly like the Tinfoil barb.

 

[missyme06]

Barbus callipterus

yay google!
i found pictures for Barbus Callipterus but not the other one, sorry.

 

[santoury]

Yep, but that fish lacks the tinfoil's dorsal fin... That's throwing me off. I think Oddball or one of the other confirmed experts should get in on this

 

[L.BelcherII]

cherry barb puntius titteya (pic)

 

[L.BelcherII]

rosey barb females puntius conchonius

 

[L.BelcherII]

I just read your old post... sorry these two will be too small. I'll look into it more. I have two plain old tinfoils that match this description. I'll try to get a good pic tomorrow and see what you think.

 

[L.BelcherII]

How about this? It's called a golden shark Leptobarbus Hoevenii, aka Mad Barb. Same markings as a Tinfoil barb, but more streamlined. I actually had one of these awhile ago. Mine got to about 12" long before it died.
If this is it check this to see how big these things get. http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/warm_freshwater/leptobarbus_hoevenii.htm

 

[santoury]

L Belcher, nope - those aren't them... the fins have no color, other than the dorsal, this fish looks almost identical to callipterus, BUT have the tinfoil coloration on the dorsal fin... the body looks exactly like the callipterus, except for being more pointy at the head. Thanks for trying though.

 

[L.BelcherII]

I thought I had it with them for sure. Is it torpedo shaped like the mad barbs? Or fatter like a Tinfoil?

 

[santoury]

It's an elongated diamond shape definitely not "fat" like a tinfoil. But not rounded on the edges or conical like the mad barbs.