Red bala sharks

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  1. Pleco102

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    Hi all

    So yesterday while walking through a lps i noticed these red bala sharks the are more or less the colour of rosy barbs. Did a search but couldn't find on net. So are they indeed bala sharks or some other species?

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    a pic would be nice
     
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    Never heard of these or anything close to it for that matter. Were they perhaps not cigar sharks (also known as either Leptobarbus hoevenni or Leptobarbus rubripinnus)?

    A pic would be really useful. :)
     
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    Hmmnnn ... Maybe Puntius demasoni? Or Bala Sharks that have been dyed?
     
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    Red fin bala sharks (i.e. Bala sharks with red fins?)
     
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    Isnt it maybe Cyclocheilichthys janthochir? ...
     
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    I'd love a pic if you get a chance, my blood will boil if they're dyeing bala sharks now though...
     
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    Hi allI'm not familiar with other species that you have mentioned. Have googled the cigar shark @SalmonAfrica but doesn't look the same. Will try and get a pic tomorrow if i pass by the lfs. Don't know if they are dyed.@jwalker the whole fish is that reddish colour including fins. The fins don't have that black lining as bala sharks though.
     
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