can anyone identify please

[reaper730]

hi everyone, i got given theses c/w fish with a small tank from my neighbour and he said they were gold fish umm not so sure now, they were only small but soon they got bigger so i got a 64lt fishbox that was fine, now i have upgraded again to a fulval roma 240, but i can't find out what they are can anyone help!!! the biggest one is about 120mm long x 50mm deep-- bronze colour but they have gone a bit paler in the new tank, brighter light & still in cycle at the moment. any ideas would be good thanks.

 

[misterking]

From the picture they look very much like goldfish, which often breed and produce naturally coloured young rather than the tank-bred gold. A quick question that will help quite a lot, do they have barbles, or "whiskers" around their mouths?

 

[aakaakaak]

I'm guessing either perch or carp....with emphasis on perch....not the striped kind though. (Talking about the one that's swimming away you didn't get a good pic of.)

The one behind it is definitely a goldfish though.

 

[Newman]

not a perch, but a more a carp-related fish. might be some type of carp, which is pretty close to goldfish. treat this one like a Koi though, it looks like it can grow big.

 

[lstorns]

I agree I think goldfish, (don't see any whiskers)

 

[reaper730]

theres no barbles or whiskers, they look the same as the orange goldfish in the tank ie:fins-smell horn above mouth but just alot bigger fish. thanks for the comments much appreciated, sorry if it was a silly question the last time i had fish was many years ago & they were 2 (14" catfish) thanks again to all.

 

[achase]

There are no silly questions....asking is the only way to learn!!

 

[Newman]

lol so a natural colored common goldfish then.

 

[reaper730]

looks like it will let everbody know if any thing changes