Yellowfish ID

[Jakes 10]

Hi

Can anyone help me to ID this yellowfish? I caught it in the Buffalo River between Pomeroy and Tugela Ferry, KZN, close to where the Buffalo joins the Tugela River.

 I caught it on ultra light tackle (Shimano Carbomax rod, Shakespear Ultra Light 2500LX reel and 4lb line), great fun!!!!!! . And it swam away heathy and strong.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jakes 10]

And now I can't get the photo uploaded....stpime2stpime2stpime2stpime2stpime2

 

[Jakes 10]

I hope this works

 

[Enigma]

It's Largescale Yellowfish

Barbus Marquensis
http://www.ganador.co.za/largescale.html

 

[Herman Nel]

it is a slim largescale yellow 4 sure!

 

[stavros]

Natal Yellowfish - labeobarbus natalensis

 

[The Owner]

I'm also wondering if its not a scaly...most largescale I have caught/seen don't have the formation that this one has just behind its mouth although I have seen many scalie's with this formation

 

[Jakes 10]

I must be honist, I'm still not sure what it is, but boy oh boy, it was a lovely fight!!!!!
Thanks for everyones input

 

[Northwards]

Hey Jakes what is that thing in the background with the yellow pipe?
Awesome fish btw!!!!

 

[Jakes 10]

Northwards wrote:

Hey Jakes what is that thing in the background with the yellow pipe?
Awesome fish btw!!!!

It's a mono pump. I was doing geotechnical drilling for a bridge there.

 

[Northwards]

Interesting! Nice job :fishn

 

[aquadementia]

it's a kwazulu-natal yellowfish... largescale yellows have around 8 or 9 scales between the head and dorsal (uppermost scales), whereas your fish has at least 12

largescale

kzn yellow

 

[The Owner]

 

[Jakes 10]

aquadementia wrote:

it's a kwazulu-natal yellowfish... largescale yellows have around 8 or 9 scales between the head and dorsal (uppermost scales), whereas your fish has at least 12.

Thanks Aqua for shedding some light on this "tricky" fish. Do you think the diffirence in the lips are due to diffirent feeding habits or is this a "defect"?