Indian Wild Caught - ID please

[Deadliestviper7]

Have I tried to scoop up fish with a handnet yet?

 

[woodyoz]

Yes i did and got a a 100 of endler guppies and normal ones.

Last catch of the day 3-4 inch barbs and again that tilapia looking fry, let them go back into the lake.

Some pics (also includes the barbs i saw at the local LFS nearby - Last 4 pictures)

 

[Wailua Boy]

The believe the second to last photo to be spotted barbs Barbodes binotatus

 

[headbanger_jib]

Hello guys, so after a gap of a few years i am slowly moving back into the hobby, for now i have no fish or tanks. I decided to check out a few lakes and wells to see what i can catch and what's the the wild around me.

A local farmer showed me a simple bottle trap to get small fish and i found this water body which is really strange. (see pics) so this was a 8000 sq feet rectangular, 10 feet deep waterbody that has two massive wells at both ends that run way deeper into the ground. Anyways the water now somehow overflows the well and the entire tank which is now a lake/swamp.

Anyways i caught me ****load of minnows and endler guppies in a couple of scoops with a short net and the bottle traps were in for 3 hours and caught me these 3 fishes i cannot ID.

They look some sort of barbs or juveniles of some common fishes here, but as you can see in the pictures though all 3 are the same one of them has more of a pink/albino body. What are these?

The bottle traps are still there and i will be making a trip to them this evening again plus i have a few other idea on how to trap different fish in that pond and will be updating you guys with the catch. Please ID the ones i caught and if there is a easier way to build traps for bigger fish please do share.View attachment 1217569 View attachment 1217570 View attachment 1217571 View attachment 1217572 View attachment 1217573 View attachment 1217574 View attachment 1217575 View attachment 1217576 View attachment 1217577 View attachment 1217578 View attachment 1217579 View attachment 1217580 View attachment 1217581 View attachment 1217569 View attachment 1217570 View attachment 1217571 View attachment 1217572 View attachment 1217573 View attachment 1217574 View attachment 1217575 View attachment 1217576 View attachment 1217577 View attachment 1217578 View attachment 1217579 View attachment 1217580 View attachment 1217581 View attachment 1217569 View attachment 1217570 View attachment 1217571 View attachment 1217569 View attachment 1217570 View attachment 1217571 View attachment 1217572 View attachment 1217573 View attachment 1217574 View attachment 1217575 View attachment 1217576 View attachment 1217577 View attachment 1217578 View attachment 1217579 View attachment 1217580 View attachment 1217581

Puntius sophore is the barb.

Which part of india are you in

 

[headbanger_jib]

Keeping in mind I have ~ no idea what I am talking about, I'd say Puntius spp.

But I personally would ask Shovelnose on Planet Catfish - he is a hobbyist but studies Indian native fish as diligently as I have ever seen, including barbs. Everything.

headbanger_jib Jibran would probably know too. IIRC, he knows Shovelnose (Balaji) personally as well.

Balaji is a good friend and a fellow catfish lover

 

[headbanger_jib]

Puntius conchonius

Not sure about this one

 

[woodyoz]

Heading out to the traps now, hoping the change in bait would catch me something new.

Puntius sophore is the barb.

Which part of india are you in

Yep that's it!

In central Maharashtra, A'bad to be precise.

 

[woodyoz]

All traps empty

 

[headbanger_jib]

Y

Heading out to the traps now, hoping the change in bait would catch me something new.



Yep that's it!

In central Maharashtra, A'bad to be precise.

You should hit up with Balaji, he is also in maharashtra,

 

[woodyoz]

Y
You should hit up with Balaji, he is also in maharashtra,

Would love to, which part is he at? Check your PM.