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 Post subject: unidentified fingerling?
PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 08:11 
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Hi all,
Caught this in local creek... any ideas what it might be?


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PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 08:37 
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The best I have been able to match your fish is to an Ornate Rainbow Fish...Rhadinocentus Ornatus.

Apparently a popular aquarium fish that breeds readily in capitivity.

Maximum size 5 to 6 cm in length


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PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 08:59 
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Yep Looks like a fish to me!!!! :lol:
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PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 11:19 
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Thanks Jessy, Sorry the photo is not the best...

I'm not sure it is a Rainbow Fish... The tail is convex and spotted, there is a definite orange 'glow' to the scales and this fish is about 90mm long. It looks a bit carp-like with small eyes and mouth...

It's a real mystery... Especially as we caught it in a yabbie net in a local suburban (and probably quite polluted) stream...

Here are a couple of other pics...


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PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 11:36 
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I'm going to go with Carp Gudgeon.

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PostPosted: Jul 13th, '10, 12:12 
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No clue, but he certainly is a fat little fella
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looking at the body shape, i'd say its one of the gudgeons

http://www.ausnativefish.com.au/Gudgeons.htm
http://www2.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/ ... dgeon.html
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Thanks all, and esp Orcy and Him,
I put them in my inside fish tank with the Comets, and they definitely are Empire Gudgeon... Checked all the sites. I didn't know they could get so big!!! Anyhow, thanks all round. I will add them to my AP tank as I'm getting a few mozzies - yes middle of Winter and we have mozzies!!!
Cool find I'd say... Oh and these two are inseparable, and definitely not territorial towards each other so I'm hoping I have a breeding pair!
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