Glass Cardinals, scientific name?

[kimoyo]

Hey,

Does anyone happen to know the name of these glass cardinals?

and in the lower right hand corner

This guys thread is here if your interested. Thanks.

 

[Deanos]

Apogon leptacanthus

 

[prattreef]

Apogon flores.

 

[prattreef]

Wow, both those species look really, really similar. I'm looking at The Scott Michael Pocket Guide pg. 133, and I think it is A.flores.

 

[Wes]

i don't think these guys ship very well. I ordered 6 from LiveAquaria, 3 were DOA and didn't live longer than 24 hours in my system. It was pretty upsetting and i havn't tried again.

 

[kimoyo]

Thanks Dean and Randy.

Is it possible that one species gets bigger than the other.

Sorry to hear that Wes. Do any survive for you? I just found them on LA also so thanks.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1428&N=0

 

[Wes]

out of the 6 i got none of them made it...i recieved a full refund from LA but they didn't have anymore for me to try again.

 

[kimoyo]

That really sucks. If I get some I'll let you know in case you want to tag on.

 

[jhale]

jason over at ga keeps these in stock all the time, they are one of his favorite fish.
I always thought they looked like FW tetras Sorry

 

[kimoyo]

Have you seen them at feeding time? They look transparent.