Two fish found at the same location, both in breeding colors, sexual dimorphism or different species? In the scientific literature that I've read, there is a Current status: Valid as Zacco chengtui Kimura 1934., and described to have 7 vertical bars on the body, different from the congeneres.

Some more pictures from my last trip to Guangxi province. Sadly it is overlooked as a source for ornamental fish. The locals illegally trap the fish for food, with little regulations enforced. People have been focusing on South American fish for decades, but the rivers in China hold a large amount of very colorful to very large monster fish, hopefully people will learn to appreciate them before its too late. Spending time on the river in China is like going to the best of the best local fish store for me. The water being shallow, clear, and warm in Guangxi. My daughter even waded in some parts by the shoreline.

Someone also mentioned that using feeder goldfish and feeder fish is cruel. Again I'm going to take on this subject. Its not more cruel than you eating a caged chicken, cows that are rounded up and slaughtered before their siblings and parents. Unless you are a strict vegan, and don't keep pets or use any animal products, you really cannot be casting judgments. As for feeders being not healthy for feeding, well that is a whole other issue. And this so called thiaminase found in feeder goldfish, leading to thiamine deficiency when fed exclusively, is this still being believed? how can one hobbyist test this? Where is the published result, and was this done on all different species of fish or just one? If you have the answer, please email it to me at amazonaq@gmail.com Why would feeders have thiaminase? Is it different than other piscivorous fish in the wild? I lived in Hong Kong for many years, and have seen many fish fed exclusively feeders, and seem to grow just well, large, healthy, and able to breed. So where is this deficiency apparent? Just like the notion that certain fish needs salt as they grow up, like a magical switch that turns on and without it they will die.

The choclate that we American are so fond of are harvested using mostly all child labor from the Ivory Coast in Africa, from the Cocoa

So what is fair? Lets set up a few scenarios. crops, fruits are sown in the soil, and sun and water comes from mother nature. then farmed, harvested, sold to wholesalers, they run and operation, and make a profit, then sell to grocery stores, which make a profit, also the need to pay for overhead, electricity, rent, payroll, and is sold. fish are free, given by mother nature as well, caught from the wild or bred in farms, fed, kept, boxed, packed, employees paid, and placed on an airplane, destined for wholesalers/importers around the world, then a profit to be added, employees paid, overhead, then sold to store, and the same repeats itself, then finally sold to end users. There are always several middleman in any operation. water is free but you willingly pay for it in a bottle. Many things dictate the price of things, or fish. The scarcity of an item, the demand, the extrinsic value one puts on the item, inflation. You do realize that gas prices have gone up from 2000 to 2012 from $1.27 a gallon to $4.00 a gallon. So the tiger fish I got back in 2000 and sold for $75.00 I should in reality sell for $280.00 right? Also at the same time aircargo and freight goes up as well, fuel surcharges. I use to ship a box of fish to the east coast for $45.00, and now it costs me $75.00. What is fair? when I import $6000.00 worth of fish, and 50% of them die during acclimation and shipping, and I still suffer the shipping costs of several thousand, and only sell about $1000.00 worth of fish, is that fair? People always think to make a quick buck by doing something they like, little do they realize what goes into all of this operation. You see hobbyists, vendors, come and go, even stores, and some are here to stay, carved out a niche in the hobby/market for themselves. I feel bad sometimes for even selling something because its expensive, and I give out fish for free just to be nice. I had a customer's fish that died after a month of having it, and I told him that I'll do something to help take care of him next time around without him asking, is that fair? What I love the most is after all that people ask for, and I make the trouble to import them, then tell me that they actually wanted something different, but similar, a bit bigger, a bit smaller, its not eating prepared food. Do people not realize that its part of the hobby, part of the fun, part of the risk. When you buy bottled water, do you feel ripped off? Well you should, as Hanson's, coca-cola is laughing their way to the bank while selling you "water" which is free.

Our trip led us to Tibet to find fish. We only found some cold water fish, but much more than that, it opened our eyes to a world different from ours. Culture, food, artwork. Its an eye opener for those who are set for adventure! Once in a life time opportunity, and I would go back again in a heart beat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potala_Palace

On our way back through Guangdong and Guangxi, we ran across some very nice crabs, did I hear someone mention crabs? We got crabs!

Tor progeneius from India

People keep looking for cool and rare fish, and then they want it for a cheap price. So this is my take on the problem, its called supply and demand and there is always a breaking point. If diamonds were found in every backyard, I'm sure they wouldn't be adorned on your loved ones finger. Same with fish, if I sold a few thousand cichla kelberi at $15.00 each, all the high end collector would get out of keeping them, and move on to the next rare thing. There is a reason why they call some fish rare, and some command the price. With that said, internet has made information on fish spread much fast, and so is finding a new or rare fish, and made a lot of rare fish not as rare. If all the so called fad fish, rare fish, desirable fish were available at your local petsmart, petco, at less than $12.99 each, monsterfishkeepers.com board would just be called basicfishkeepers.com and I would probably just jump off a building over and over until my bones poke through my heart, whild poking my eye balls out listening to the screech of nails scraping against a chalkboard

This is our night collecting trip with my friend Stan. We found at least 15 different species of cyprinids, gobies, loaches and catfish. The locals usually dry them over open fire and use it as part of their protein source. I had to try one, to say that I caught one, ate one, and keep some. There were two different species of rhinogobius found alongside each other, unfortunately I was only able to get a few back, and didn't include enough of the other specie.

Another unique specimen of what we think is Paracobitis potanini leucistic var. currently Valid as Homatula potanini (Günther 1896). I believe Stan has this fish in his tank right now, I hope

I have a pair of fully grown tetradon duboisi, the "Stanley Pool" puffer, which is very rarely seen in the hobby.  The documented adult size is 4", but my larger one of the two is over 9" already, probably just due to the availability of food in captivity. 

A lime green little fish, what do you all think it may be?

Puntius semifaciolatus, little gold barb from Hong Kong.  I grew up catching them, and since then have not seen them but only the aquarium bred varieties with the solid yellow body.  This batch I obtained from some collectors in Southern China/Hong Kong boarder, and the little males are already exhibiting the intense sunset gold coloration that I've longed for!  Enjoy