New (possible loach) baby mystery!
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- Martin Thoene
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That sort of behaviour brings one back to my original Schistura balteata possibility, but the concept of this pattern and colour of fish turning into one of them is just too wild.
Assuming it's a spotted Sewellia, you would certainly kind of expect it to be behaving like the other young ones.
The thick plottens!
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Assuming it's a spotted Sewellia, you would certainly kind of expect it to be behaving like the other young ones.
The thick plottens!
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Since everyones guesses seem to be wildly different I thought I'd add more silliness to it.
"1 x Annamia sp. (been a lone fish for some time)"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6196225.stm
I'm going with fishy parthenogenesis.
"1 x Annamia sp. (been a lone fish for some time)"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6196225.stm
I'm going with fishy parthenogenesis.
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Here's a few pics from today (27-12-06). So far I've only been able to catching him facing one way today.
The way that the area on the flanks in front of the caudal peduncle is darkening down, and the fact that the pectoral fins seem to be lengthening towards the ventral fins slightly, leads me to think this is a young Sewellia sp. 'spotted'. But.....it still isn't 'clinging' to anything! It is also still much much bolder than the very shy adults Sewellia sp. 'spotted' and is out on the substrate all the time. The adults hide away in the darker areas and will disappear at the merest glimpse of a person near the tank.
Emma
The way that the area on the flanks in front of the caudal peduncle is darkening down, and the fact that the pectoral fins seem to be lengthening towards the ventral fins slightly, leads me to think this is a young Sewellia sp. 'spotted'. But.....it still isn't 'clinging' to anything! It is also still much much bolder than the very shy adults Sewellia sp. 'spotted' and is out on the substrate all the time. The adults hide away in the darker areas and will disappear at the merest glimpse of a person near the tank.
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- Martin Thoene
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These are definitely the best pics so far. I noticed the darkened are on the pictures the other day. You can see large individual scales, so there's no way it's a Schistura.
I do find its behavioural differences quite interesting compared to the lineolata fry. You would think it would be up on smooth surfaces by now.
Show it some pictures
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I do find its behavioural differences quite interesting compared to the lineolata fry. You would think it would be up on smooth surfaces by now.
Show it some pictures
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hmmmm...look at the dorsal pattern, the eye stripe, the 4 pairs of barbels, the bottom dwelling, no sucking, intrepid behavior.
But how is this possible?????
Did you ever have a yoyo near the tank? Shooting egg layers, maybe?
But those scales on the caudal end?
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No Botiine loaches have been near this tank for several years - not since we lost our beloved Sinibotia pulchra some years ago due to an accident with the filter. So although this little one may look similar, there is no chance of it being a Botia of any kind.
Emma
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We'll just have to wait and see. Babies change remarkably from early stages.
... Aaaaand now for something compleetely different.
... Aaaaand now for something compleetely different.
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- Martin Thoene
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When all our belly-buttons dissapear, this will be a Yoyo
All Botiine loaches, even at tiny sizes have pointy noses......although your new Clowns Shair have the more rounded forehead like a few of mine do....... Can't argue the pattern similarity though.
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All Botiine loaches, even at tiny sizes have pointy noses......although your new Clowns Shair have the more rounded forehead like a few of mine do....... Can't argue the pattern similarity though.
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This is one of the first batch of Emma's, which turned out to be S. lineolata:
Compare to these recent pics:
I see the nine dorsal rays are the same, and there does seem to be a section of larger looking scales in the area fore of the caudal peduncle. This must be one of your other spotted Sewellias, Emma. That's where my money is going.
Compare to these recent pics:
I see the nine dorsal rays are the same, and there does seem to be a section of larger looking scales in the area fore of the caudal peduncle. This must be one of your other spotted Sewellias, Emma. That's where my money is going.
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Do I take it from all the comments about presence of scales that Forum Users feel some loaches dont have them? As far as I was aware all loaches have scales, albeit some of them minute, or very deeply embedded, and some not having them on certain parts, e.g. the head. There are not many true naked (scaleless) groups of fishes, catfishes being one true group.
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