Unknown minnows

[L3CTR0N]

I have a school of unidentifiable minnows. They are all about 2.4 inches long and have a balck stripe with a shiny strip above it that shines at certain angles. The closest thungs I could fund to it were the slender rasbora and the yellowtail rasbora. It is unlikely to be a shiner since where I live shiners are hard to come by (only shiners I've ever seen were red shiners) and most likely wouldn't be put into a tank of feeder fish.

 

[kno4te]

Sand shiner maybe?!

 

[L3CTR0N]

Hmm... no. The sand shiners' head shape is too round.

 

[ZaRue]

Looks like a female Fathead Minnow. (Pimephales promelas)

I have many in my pond. Rosy Minnows are a variant of the Fathead. I bought a bunch of Rosys and got a few of the natural color versions too. Now they are breeding on their own.

 

[L3CTR0N]

Still not it. My minnows have forked tails and the edges are not round. They are also most likely Asian fish, since thats where I live. We have different exotic feeders here.

 

[Fishpony]

I'd say you're right with yellowtail/slender rasbora ID, but it'd kinda hard to determine whichever one they are since they've got a washed out coloration.

 

[L3CTR0N]

FINALLY FOUND IT! They are Rasbora aurotaenia!!

 

[ZaRue]

Cool!
Pale Rasbora

Those can grow fairly large for a minnow too.
Wonder if we can get them in California...

 

[L3CTR0N]

These were being sold as feeders where I live. Bought like 4 bags of them, each bag had like 20 fish. Didn't know how big they could get until I saw a 4 inch one hiding amongst some 1.5 inchers.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; I picked up a few small fish from an area fish shop in Kingsport TN (USA) a couple years ago. I believe they are the same fish. The shop labeled them as brilliant rasboras. I have not done any digging into them so canot add much. They have been very hardy.