Help ID fish

[south coast nelly]

There is the well known type, the pink tailed chaleus, "Chalceus macrolepidotus " which i have two of, the erythrurus is often refered to as the gold tailed hence why i think its a possibility, but discriptions vague,esp as fish shops name them what they want to sell them, Have you checked "Hydrocynus goliath" as you said with teeth, http://www.pbase.com/pschia/image/13855980

 

[jworth]

could also be what they refer to as "freshwater barracuda" based on your description. Not sure of their scientific name but it should be easy to find.

 

[Greg31]

Yeh. Who knows? I am very interested in trying to acquire a pink tailed chalceus now that I have done some research. Anyone know of a possible vendor? I already checked aquabid.

 

[Cichla dude]

The gold shark sounds like a mad barb.

 

[CTU2fan]

One of the chains, I forget which, sells the L. hoevenii barb as "golden shark". When small they're more of a gold color, with a black stripe, and kind of a big mean looking head. They're a lot less skittish than my chalceus, behavior-wise more like a tinfoil barb, and they eat like pigs.