2 variants of lemon fin barbs. Both the same size, both wild caught.
Lemon Fin Barb
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Guessing 1kg per year, have no idea on the length. Probarbus as they grow, their body become deeper & wider, not longer.
I agree, I finally got hold of a few 3 inchers a month ago and now they are much thicker, you must have had yours for awhile now because its looks huge
No, I had mine on 12th March this year, it was around 1kg-16" or so. Now my guesstimate around 2kg-19 to 20", same size as my 20" mahseer. He's a wild Probarbus, juvenile ones are rare, got em at already "big" size.
Truthfully, there are no wild juvenile Probarbus in the hobby. All of em that you see at the store are farm products. It is rare to catch wild juvenile. Also wild ones they're are hard to be kept alive. It's either from the fishing method or the fish are just the sensitive type.
This one? I believe the english name for it are Hardlipped Barb, Osteochilus vittatus. Don't think these were ever exported anywhere but they're great for cleaning tanks, algaes & stuff. In SEA, we use Osteochilus species to clean our tanks, their cleanliness level the same as flagtails. Very efficient.