STEVEN S asked:
i have photos but dont know how to put a pic on here
i have a couple of photos which can be viewed at the links below. http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_020.jpg http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_001.jpg http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_019.jpg hope this helps me with someone being able to identify this fish cheers Steve
i have photos but dont know how to put a pic on here
i have a couple of photos which can be viewed at the links below. http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_020.jpg http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_001.jpg http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t113/magicman1161/?action=viewcurrent=my_fish_019.jpg hope this helps me with someone being able to identify this fish cheers Steve
Feel free to email me the photos and I will send you a link to them so that you can add it to additional comments. My email is
MM
well without any physical description or picture for us to go by, how do you expect us to help?
If it has colors like a Koi and long flowing fins it’s a Butterfly Koi,which is a hybrid, Koi x Comet Goldfish,sort of attractive,but not a real fish.
I’ll take a few guesses – since there are no photos yet – how about mirror carp: – mostly scaleless.
ADDITION: From the photos, not a mirror carp or butterfly koi. It almost looks like a common carp (http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/sorensen/research/carp.jpg), but it doesn’t have a long enough dorsal fin. The view only shows the top of the head or a slight angle, so the mouth can’t be seen. Does it have barbels (whiskers) in the corner of the mouth like a koi?
If it’s lacking obvious barbels, is the mouth forward-pointing, like a grass carp (amur): , , soro brook carp: , or Siamese carp:
Or downward-pointing like a sucker – silver redhorse: , or white sucker: – These aren’t related to carp, but have a carp-like appearance from above.
Hi Steve,
It looks to me like a Common Carp, but your best bet would be to take the photos into a pet store where they can advise you. Pets at Home are good at that, my local store were really good at identifying several species of fish for me when i first started keeping them. they also gave me great advice. Or look on the internet for Carp websites…..? Hope this helps
Tiger x