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pic I got from my transhipper's email:
http://s237.photobucket.com/user/fishfa ... h.jpg.html

looks like same photo session as your pic
judging from the plant leaf

awesome little fish

there you go ...
that is almost certainly the fish

Thanks!

... although
not 100% same pattern

10 of mine have more vertical bands
2 of mine have definite horizontal bars
the 1 in your pic above is sort of between the 2 pattern-wise

body shape is identical

I thought he was an MD
not an icthyologist !
LoL

anyway
I'll try him..

I was hoping some1 would know some1 who could use the dead material for dna or whatever
I think it's a rather new loach

I can mail it anywhere
it's about an inch
and it's in a 3 inch nip of vodka

Don't know if the species is new to science
but it's only a few months old in the hobby

we got in from a trans shipper
several "panda Loaches"
1 died in shipping in pretty good condition
...right now I have it soaking in 80 proof vodka
(hope that's strong enough)

I was wondering if anyone knew an ...