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neonfish3
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Post by neonfish3 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:29 pm

Anyone know what this fish is?
From looking around this site I couldn't find a match. Maybe its not a Loach.
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Martin Thoene
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:35 pm

Nemachelius pallidus

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=2939

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Post by angelfish83 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:43 pm

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The back pattern precisely matches a yellow anaconda. Cool stuff.

While on the subject, why do some people find it 'cool' to have a pet which could kill them? Seriously? Should you be 'affraid' of your pet?? I don't understand...

Nice fish :wink:
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Post by neonfish3 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:54 pm

That was fast!
Thank you for the ID.
I'm a new member here and that was my first post. I've been looking for an ID for a long time now. Someone on another site suggested this site to search for ID but I couldn't find my fish. Is it a common fish? I've never seen one before. I was at one of the fish stores I go to often, and saw this fish. There was only one, and the worker there said it came in as a contaminent in a bag of tetras from a Florida fish farm. I asked if I could buy it, they gave it to me for free! 8)
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:13 am

Don't know wether you clicked the link within that post. It would have taken you to here:

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=3235

A very similar species, but the ways to tell them apart are included in the text.

They're not exactly common, but do turn up occasionally.

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