help identifying a fish.

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hi all. really need some help identifying a some fish for a friend of mine. will try get some pics up in the next few days but any suggestions off my description would be good. they are a whitey/silvery colour and have dark grey bars down them like the likes of tiger barbs. they are really fast swimmers. they have red ventral fins (only bit of red on them) and white dorsal fins. they re blackish near their caudle peduncle. will get pics up asap but any help will be great. thanks.
 

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just abit more info. they have 8 stripes going down their body. like tiger barbs. the dorsel fin has 3 layers to it bottom layer clear middle layer black and the top layer a yellowy white. the ventral fin has 3 layers too. 1st layer from body is clear. 2nd orange then its tipped with white.on the body the 1st stripe starts at its gill then the 8th right by its tail (an is much darker than any of the others. in between the 8 stripes there looks to be more stripes that arent as visible as the main 8 stripes. they r shaped to be fast flowing fish and r very fast movers.
 

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hi all. found the id of the fish i was after. stumbled across them in a copy of practical fishkeeping. they r a type of hill trout. banded hill trout i think. similar to these.
thanks anyway people