Tiger Barb Question

[GouramiFanatic]

One of my Tiger Barbs has a horizontal stripe on both sides. Of all of the Tiger Barbs, this is the only one that has a horizontal stripe. I don't know if this is common or not, but was curious to find out if it 'meant' anything. I don't know how to sex Tiger Barbs so I don't know if this is a gender specific thing or not. What do you think?

 

[son2fu]

all of mine have these, its normal

 

[lovemybarbs]

My female is much bigger than my male. With my albinos it's easy, the female albino has no red on her nose at all.

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

 

[tropicfishman]

perfectly normal

 

[hsherman1986]

Agreed that is normal.

And BTW, great shot! I was never able to get pics that good of my tiger barbs.