Any ideas? I feel like I’ve seen this before. Some sort of cyprinid I assume:
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Looks like a Distichodus.....rostratus perhaps?
Fins look like rostratus but body doesn’t. Body looks more like black shark minnow because of how small it’s head is on the body.
Distichodus lussoso ??... they lose all the bars/color as they grow... Vik has a cple large ones like this.
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thebiggerthebetter
Black shark minnow are a type of carp that live in the Mekong basin. They get massive
It’s like a red tail or rainbow, but huge.
That looks to be the fish! I thought I noticed bars on the smaller guys!Distichodus lussoso ??... they lose all the bars/color as they grow... Vik has a cple large ones like this.
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Deadeye
Distichodus sexfasciatus is one of my favorites and very similiar ? wish they wernt so agro as they age... and kept their original colors. Grew one to 24”ish that currently lives in a 50k gal pool at O.F.R.... he plays nice in there lol...
Distichodus lussuoso alright. From the beginning, the adipose fin said characin and not cyprinidae.
I used to have a lussuoso (and a sexfasciatus). Nice fish but on the jerkish side of the spectrum. My lussuoso didn’t get large enough to lose his coloration completely.
I used to have a lussuoso (and a sexfasciatus). Nice fish but on the jerkish side of the spectrum. My lussuoso didn’t get large enough to lose his coloration completely.