What kind of fish?

[EmberC]

Today while at my job as a substitute teacher I noticed that the classroom had a fish I really liked in one of their tanks. The kids didn't know what it was and obviously the teacher was gone since I was the sub. I'd like to know what kind of fish it was. It was in a freshwater community tank with neons, some different tetras, and snails. It had a body similar to my cherry barbs, long and slender but it was like a creamy silver white color. It's fins were colored like a rainbow shark. So it was a creamy silver body with red fins. It was about an inch and a half long too. I've looked on all the profiles and didn't see it. Any ideas?

 

[Big Vine]

So was it slimmer than a cherry barb? If so, it sounds to me like you're describing what's known as a "white cloud mountain minnow." Try a google search for it, and see if it matches what you saw.

Hope this helps.
Big Vine

 

[FishGeek]

Either that Big Vine or an Albino Cherry Barb.

 

[Big Vine]

Good point...I forgot about those.

Big Vine

 

[ninamarie]

Was it bigger then a bread box?

 

[jobeak]

Certainly sounds like a White Mountain Cloud Minnow. If you get a chance tomorrow keep an eye on their under belly fins. I have three White Mountain Clouds and they flare up their fins when they swim together. The fins closest to their Tail Fins on their bellies are quite large and they have a silver line that travels the length of their bodies

 

[jobeak]

Here's a picture to compare. These are my White Cloud Mountain Minnows.

 

[ninamarie]

I'd say that is what is in the class room.

 

[jobeak]

Here is a web site with lots of info on White Cloud Mountain Minnows.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/wcmm.htm

 

[EmberC]

It was not a White Cloud, I should have mentioned that, it was bigger than they are. I've had white clouds in the past.

 

[Finney]

Was it a dwarf neon rainbow? They're not that slender, but the males have red fins.