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Posts : 16094 Location : Mansfield, TX Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| Subject: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 8:13 am | |
| Is this a Koi - or not?Copyright © naturepl What do you think? The fish in this picture certainly looks rather like a Koi...but read on! When is a Koi not a Koi? When it’s a Harlequin wrasse (Bodianus eclancheri)! Native to the South-East Pacific, this reef-associated marine fish is also found in the cooler waters off the Galapagos Islands where, like many of the Island’s other fauna, unique species variations produce these bi-colour and tri-colour versions, when in many other parts of the world this fish will be a dull grey. Did the pattern make Koi fans look twice? We certainly did! | |
| | | slimtosa Sergeant
Posts : 108 Location : Kansas City, MO. Favorite Fish: : All types of Cichlids,
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 9:57 am | |
| my vote is... | |
| | | Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:06 am | |
| I was going to say someone crossed a napoleon wrasse with a koi. | |
| | | hello2196 Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 212 Location : Near Birmingham Al,
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:13 am | |
| my vote is...... IDK what in the world i is.. lol
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| | | cwhip Moderator
Posts : 1453 Location : Md Favorite Fish: : Maroon clownfish,Tangs,bluespot jaw fish,Bangaii,Mandarins etc.......I love all fish really.
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:40 am | |
| yes the pattern looks Koi but he has no whiskers most koi/goldie crosses will have no whiskers. Look closely...if your fish has whiskers, there is a 99.9% chance it is a koi. No whiskers it is either goldie or a cross..lol or in this case a Harlequin Wrasse:) very pretty fish though! very interesting:) | |
| | | James0816 Captain
Posts : 1194 Location : Spotsylvania, VA Favorite Fish: : Stingrays
Otocinclus Catfish
Kuhli Loaches
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 11:43 am | |
| Welll....the color "reminds" me of a Koi...but other than that...Nope...doesn't look like a koi at all to me. | |
| | | whisper Betta Specialist
Posts : 1990 Location : Euless, Texas Favorite Fish: : Betta's,Fancy Guppies, Plecos, kio.
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 11:46 am | |
| The other Koi looking fish is a Shubunkin. They look just like a Koi except they don't have the barbels. | |
| | | Ben Moderator
Posts : 1878 Location : Sandston, Virginia Favorite Fish: : Venustus and Catfish
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 4:22 pm | |
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| | | MarkM Lieutenant Colonel
Posts : 1324 Location : Prairieville, LA Favorite Fish: : If it swims and has fins and gills, I like it.
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:11 pm | |
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| | | ornate12 Lieutenant Colonel
Posts : 1340 Location : New Iberia,Louisiana Favorite Fish: : Ornate Bichirs, Synodontis Angelicus, Filamentosus barb,
Aristochromis Christyi, Ptychochromis Grandidieri and all other Madagascar cichlids.
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:19 pm | |
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| | | Meredith Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 472 Location : Kingston, Missouri Favorite Fish: : As far as fresh water goes, it's Bettas!
For marine fish; Firefish, Cardinalfish, Gobies, Dragonets, and Sharks...
| Subject: Re: Is this a Koi fish? 7/27/2011, 10:35 pm | |
| oooooOOOOOOOOoooooooo! PURTY!!! | |
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