[Mechanicalleon]

I have two fish that I don't know what breed they are.

About 7 inches long, thick vertical bands, black and brown/gold, pretty active, and right below their mouths they have some coloration that looks like blood, but is not, and it runs back the lenght of their heads.

If it helps, they show this kinda odd/ funny behavior, that sometimes they stop swimming around, they align themselves and open theier mouths wide open, like in a competition.

 

[archer772]

It is kin of hard to ID a fish without a pic any chance you could post up a pic?

 

[koda]

Distichodus sexfasciatus springs to mind.

There is a pic and some info here:
Distichodus sexfasciatus, Sixbar distichodus

Is this it? Just a guess.

 

[japan4racing]

clown loach?

 

[ELewandowski]

pics would help a lot. Even a crappy cell phone pic would prolly do.

 

[aKookyFish]

Firemouth cichlid?
Thorichthys meeki

 

[Mechanicalleon]

No, no, and, no, lol

I'll post a pic later when i get home.

 

[Mechanicalleon]

ok guys, here are a couple of pics.

 

[aKookyFish]

Leporinus sp. probably desmotes or fasciatus

File:Leporinus fasciatus, Pengo.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ELewandowski]

here is another website with some info on them.
Black-Banded Leporinus, Banded Leporinus, Eight-banded Leporinus, Leporinus fasciatus, Leporinus octofasciatus

 

[Mechanicalleon]

You guys nailed it! thanks, now I know.

Something interesting about this fish, like I stated before, I have a pair and they like to "compete" on how big they open their mouths, and no wonder one of them loves algae wafers, he can even catch them before they reach the bottom.
How popular is this fish? I've never seen it for sale anywhere.