2006-12-11 09:13:59 · 8 answers · asked by cead 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
it is a fish
2006-12-11 09:14:25 · update #1
They are DECORATIVE fish! You know, PETS! I hope no one is forced to eat them! Unless they are starving! Well--Excuse me! I was very wrong!The Tinfoil Barb, or Striped-tailed Tinfoil Barb, is a gregarious shoaling, pelagic fish sleek in form. It inhabits streams, rivers, ditches and lakes with neutral pH. It is a food source for rural dwellers, and a popular aquarium fish.
It is distinguished from other similar species by the red dorsal fin which terminates in a black tip. Other fins are also deep red, and the tail fin has a black stripe on each lobe. The body is laterally-compressed and silver or silver-gold.
The body is laterally-compressed and sleek in form.
The species is mainly herbivorous, feeding on water plants and filamentous algae, but will also take small insects and worms. Larger specimens will take small crustaceans such as freshwater prawns.
The Tinfoil Barb ranges from Thailand and Indochina through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo. In Singapore the species may have become locally extinct but there is now evidence of reintroduced feral populations.
2006-12-11 09:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tinfoil barbs can get quite large, even in a home aquarium. However, I would never, ever eat any tropical fish like this unless you are in the Amazon catching it yourself. All tropical fish, whether imported or bred stateside, are treated with various forms of chemicals like methylene blue (a known carcinogen). This is done to protect them from disease and stress in transit and when introduced into new tanks. Even if you yourself have never medicated your fish, they have been medicated with various chemicals harmful to humans at some point in their life.
Not to mention barbs are a form of carp, and carp is not a tasty fish to begin with.
2006-12-11 09:20:55 · answer #2 · answered by jenweb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating Tin Foil
2016-10-18 10:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I had a few tiger barbs in my fishtank as a kid
2006-12-11 09:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought they were more of a pet store fish..not to be consumed..
2006-12-11 09:17:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, but gee thanks - you made my teeth hurt just thinking about eating tin foil!
2006-12-11 09:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-12-11 09:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...
2006-12-11 09:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by HansonFan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋