Looks like normal filament barbs to me. The females can be quite drab.
Discovering the Filament Barbs
- Thread starter Milingu
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Think looking at the tails these could be
D. rohani . Often mixed up with filament barbs.
D. rohani . Often mixed up with filament barbs.
The whole Dawkinsia species is a damn headache! There are loads of them, and to me they're just a hodge podge of one fish with very slight differences. I agree with
Fishman Dave
that those in the picture could be D. rohani, but in truth they're probably not filaments or rohani, lol.
If you start to delve into the Dawkinsia species on line you'll soon see the problem, and this goes for a lot of similar species. There are various pictures of fish, at varying stages of development, different camera angles, variances in light, what mood are the fish in at the time of the photo? Loads of variables. And then they'll also throw some artist type drawings into the mix as well, and, on occasion even obvious photo shopped pictures of fish that have unbelievable colouration on them, maybe from sites that are selling these fish to make them look more attractive.
It all makes it extremely difficult to get a positive ID on some of these very closely, and similar looking species.
Fishman Dave
that those in the picture could be D. rohani, but in truth they're probably not filaments or rohani, lol.If you start to delve into the Dawkinsia species on line you'll soon see the problem, and this goes for a lot of similar species. There are various pictures of fish, at varying stages of development, different camera angles, variances in light, what mood are the fish in at the time of the photo? Loads of variables. And then they'll also throw some artist type drawings into the mix as well, and, on occasion even obvious photo shopped pictures of fish that have unbelievable colouration on them, maybe from sites that are selling these fish to make them look more attractive.
It all makes it extremely difficult to get a positive ID on some of these very closely, and similar looking species.
Thanks to Milingu, Dave, and esox. Considering what esox said, although guesswork is possible, I guess I'll never know just what that giant barb was, lol.
you have at least three in the family that can be hard to tell apart , you have mascara barb which is the most colorful to me , rohani barb and filamentosa barb. The rohani barb has a more tear shape spot while the filamentosa is more round and the mascara barb has more red in the face thats why its called the mascara barb because it looks like it got makeup on
