New (possible loach) baby mystery!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:37 pm

Just got back from this evening shipments at the shop to find the mystery fry right by the front glass. Needless to say, I quickly got the camera out and finally got a couple of decent shots!

Barbels and non-overlapping pectoral and ventral fins......

(at this stage anyway)....

Emma

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:24 pm

that is one pretty youngster, fantastic pattern and colouration.

mick

sophie · Post by **sophie** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:28 pm

I'm standing by my "none of the above" (though last time I remember being vehemently wrong!)

I love that little snub face, it's very cute.

your photography is - as always - just lovely, Emma.

dlenn · Post by **dlenn** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:28 am

Awwwwww.

Little Cutie ....

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:59 am

Well.....looking back at the old Sewellia pics, I'm seeing an awful lot of similarities in the head shape, mouth shape, eye proportion, etc.
So I'm still in the "Spotty" Sewellia camp on this one.

Martin.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:10 am

interesting sorta 'yo' pattern...

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:57 pm

Life in the fast lane eh!

This little un, looks superb! Cracking pictures Emma. I just wish we could see what saucy habits these have.

Hopefully one day!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:04 pm

Thank you all.

Been away for a couple of days, so will try for a few new pics tonight.

Emma

mamaschild · Post by **mamaschild** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:25 pm

That is one of the CUTEST things I've ever seen, Emma

Congrats again

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:44 pm

Thank you, mamaschild.

More pics coming shortly (although not as good as the previous ones).

Emma

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:35 pm

Here's some more pics from today (22nd Dec):

First up, here is the mystery fry (above) with a Sewellia lineolata fry (below). The S. lineolata fry is a couple of mm longer, but you can see these are 2 different species....

Head-on pic:

Looking right:

Looking left:

Emma

sophie · Post by **sophie** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:28 pm

Emma, is there any chance it could be anything except a hillstream?

it just soooooo doesn't look like one!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:35 pm

Not unless it's a zebra plec, which, having seen many photographs of very young zebra plecs, we're pretty certain it isn't!

(plus our two never interact and are still quite young).

The only other fish in the tank are:

1 x Annamia sp. (been a lone fish for some time)
10 (ish) Eirmotus octozona
2 x L46 zebra plec
2 x mature Schistura balteata
Lots of Sewellia lineolata
and a good sized group of Sewellia sp. spotted......

Nothing new added in a long time, except the S. lineolata fry from the baby tank - and there was nothing else in there (that tank was set up using water and media from the main tank only).

Emma

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:50 pm

Good job, i'am not a betting man! The first picture with the Sewellia lineolata makes you think, either it's a different loach compared to Sewellia lineolata and Sewellia sp spotted or maybe it is a Sewellia sp spotted as they are a larger loach.

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:31 pm

Heheh! I'm still not sure at all!

What I can say is that this fish is still not attempting to 'cling' to anything like the juvenile Sewellia lineolata in my fry tank are. Some of this batch of S. lineolata fry are about the same size and are already on the glass. As I said earlier in the thread, I saw this fish go up onto a cobble the other day, but apart from that, it stays on the sand.

Emma

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