Which Khuli is this?

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Baccus
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Which Khuli is this?

Post by Baccus » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:41 pm

G'Day all
I have loved Khuli loaches for years and am finally branching out into other loaches such as Dwarf Chains, Pakastani and Borneo Suckers. With my love of Khuli loaches I can't resist getting another couple anytime I see them in my local Pet shop (which is not all that often :cry: ), any way I got this Khuli loach a while ago but have not been able to pin down just which type it is, so I was hoping that all of you other loach addicts might be able to help in indentifiying it.
Thanks
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All of my other Khuli's appear to be P. khuli and P. semicincta but this one doesn't seem to fit the bill for any of the pictures I have seen so far.

Diana
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Re: Which Khuli is this?

Post by Diana » Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:35 pm

I would think that one is the one sometimes called Giant Kuhlie.
Slightly longer, distinctly larger diameter, and yellow tends to be that stripe + spot pattern.

Here is the one I am thinking about. Follow that back to the species list for a few others.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-myersi

Note that gravid females and over fed fish can look plumper than is normal for the species, and the color patterns vary, sometimes quite a bit, even among fish caught in the same area (and presumably genetically related)
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!

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