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Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Edited by Calilasseia Sometimes, like many others here, I play the game of 'Identify That Fish'. Someone posts a description, possibly a photo, of a mystery fish, and off I pop, trawling through the Innes book and the TFH back numbers, hoping to answer the question. It's a fun pastime, particularly if the fish looks suitably exotic - and of course, there's the nice warm fuzzy feeling afterwards of having helped someone when you get it right. One notable instance I can recall was this thread when I homed in on some Poropanchax Killies for someone who was delighted at their find ... Plus, I've had a stab at identifying a photo posted that reminded me very much of fishes belonging to the Genus Pomoxis (and I would dearly love to know who decided to bestow the common name of 'Crappie' upon the members of this Genus ... sigh). However, sometimes a definitive identification is needed to sort out some other problems. I've just returned from Cyprinid Corner where someone talks about 'Banded Barbs'. Now that alone should have told me I was in for some fun and games (after all, how many striped Barb species are there in the aquarium?) but I thought I'd have a stab at this and see what species the poster had ... So, I fired up Fishbase to do a species trawl. What a shock I got ... How many fishes have the generic name Barbus assoicated with them? You'll all love this. One thousand, one hundred and forty seven species. Here is the list if you want to see for yourself. Even for someone like me who likes ploughing through the lists, that's a somewhat daunting list to trawl though to find this 'Banded Barb'. So, sadly, on this occasion, I'll be passing that one for the moment and hoping that the owner of the fishes can supply me with a scientific name. A little comedy moment for you all to savour. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 05-Sep-2006 23:00
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	if you hit 'valid names' the list shrinks to 350-ish - should help a little
Posted 06-Sep-2006 05:58
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Not if what he's looking for is actually a Puntius... ><>
Posted 06-Sep-2006 13:59
tinfoil Big Fish Posts: 438 Kudos: 252 Votes: 1 Registered: 27-Feb-2003	or capoeta, or barbodes, or leptobarbus, need I go on?
Posted 08-Sep-2006 12:37
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Also, it would help if the original poster gave a more detailed description than an "elongated tiger barb". With specific colors and a certain number of stripes, that would definitely make identifying the fish easier. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 09-Sep-2006 00:36


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