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According to some books I have on Vietnamese fish, this is Annamia normani.
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Hey Steve, can you scan and post a picture from your book.

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Graeme Robson wrote:Hey Steve, can you scan and post a picture from your book.

Cheers mate! :D
Hi Graeme

I dont have a scanner, I could try and photograph them but they dont tend to come out well?

The fish is pictured or drawn in the following books:

The Freshwater Fishes of Central Vietnam - Serov et al, 2006.
The Freshwater Fishes of Vietnam, Volume 2 - Nguyen, 2005.
Fishes of Laos - Kottelat, 2001.
Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong - Rainboth, 1996.
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This is from Fishes of Laos. Sorry about the poor quality.

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I don't see anything :?
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Yup! Image not visible, Steve.

Nice list of books too ponder on also! :wink:
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That could be any one of many "lizard fish" type hillstreams.
I wish the pic was clearer. :(
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Yeah, thats my concern also. I just wish they would bloody take a picture of the fish alive..... :evil:
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Me too. A photo tank pic sure looks better than a fish out of water or my least favorite, the pickled fish. :x
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Lol yep too difficult to id from the pics posted on the other forum. It's amazing that scientists don't realise how difficult it is to identify a dead fish correctly.
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Graeme Robson wrote:Yup! Image not visible, Steve.

Nice list of books too ponder on also! :wink:
I know its blurred, but isnt the image showing?

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I can see it now Steve! 8)

Certainly looks like them from what i can see. :D

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Graeme Robson wrote:I can see it now Steve! 8)

Certainly looks like them from what i can see. :D

Cheers mate!
Your'e welcome.

I think there is only one Annamia species described anyway. A. normani was described from Kontum, Annam, in Vietnam (hence the name Annamia).
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Superb!! 8)
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