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TheMightyOscen

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First off, sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum!

I work in a pet shop and we have a big aquatic section, we just took stock of a torpedo barb order and it turns out there are a few fish that have been added accidentally and we aren't sure of a couple of them.

The first picture is pretty self explanatory, it's swimming around fine but we just can't remember it's name.ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1407580797.368166.jpg

The second one is a litre strange, it swims/floats around the aquarium like it's trying to camouflage as some sort of plant or twig...if that makes any sense at all. ImageUploadedByAquarium Advice1407580855.676591.jpg

Thank you for any replies and help given!


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The first is a hatchet fish and I believe the second is a pencil fish. I hope that helps answer the question!


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The hatchet looks like Carnegiella schereri (dwarf hatchet)
The pencil is Nannostomus eques (hockey stick pencil)
 
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