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I'll check it.

http://www.sach-fach.de/irgendwoinswebgestellt/Schistura%20sp.jpg I purchased this Schistura sp. as S. devdevi . After MENON (Menon, A. G. K. (1987): The Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Pisces Vol. IV, Teleostei – Cobitoidea Part 1 Homalopteridae. – Calcutta, India, Amra Press. 259 pp.) ...

Look here, how the "problem" was solved:
http://www.petfrd.com/forum/showthread. ... post294013
Gerhard

Hello,

knows anybody the first/original description of Schistura yenjitee RAO, 1997, where it’s published and have a copy of the paper?

Gerhard "Schmerlenotto" from Germany

Happy new Year to all!

In two weeks I go to Thailand to study the biology of Schistura geisleri in its natural habitat in Khao Sok and other places.

See You!

More pictures on the spawning of Schistura geisleri, You'll find here:
http://www.ig-bssw.org

Hi Sherriec, there are two main natural biotop systems of Chromobotia macracanthus . Sumatra: Mainly in rivers like the Jambi. Borneo: Mainly in lakes. Both types of biotops are typically without plants under water (only algae). The loaches hide between great gravel and bogwood. You have to feed You...

Good luck!
Mine are sexually inactive …
Gerhard

Hi all,

the foundation was very successfull: More than 80 (eighthy!) aquarists came to this event!

Gerhard "Schmerlenotto"

Hello,

more informations for web and print are in preparation.

Here for a first impression a picture of the gravel trap for the eggs with a mature female of Schistura geisleri:



Gerhard "Schmerlenotto"

Hello,

Schistura geisleri (see posting of August 6, 2008) spawned in the meantime successfully. Here is one of the young fish (about 15 mm), just leaving the interstitial in the gravel.



Gerhard

Hello,

fortunately, in the times today with internet and e-mail I think it's fantastic, that we can communicate wilth almost all interested people in the world.

So the german loach group in the IG BSSW can exchange with loaches-online and lol-forum, so both will have a benefit of.

Regards,
Gerhard

Hello, on what characters is based the identification as Schistura robertsi ? At least two dozens of Schistura "looks" at a first glance like this specimen. I'll say, it's almots impossible to identifity a Schistura without locality data and preserved material, when the result should be scientific s...

Dear Hobbyists interested in Barbs, Characins, Loaches , and Catfish, with the dissolution of the VDA-Arbeitskreis BSSW (German working group on Barbs, Characins, Loaches, and Catfish) at the end of 2008, the former leader- and memberships are enthusiastic to establish an international society to ta...

Oops, now I see that You are in contact with Heok, already. Hello Emma, have You already studied this book? Tan, H. H. (2006): The Borneo suckers. revision of the torrent loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae, Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon) – Kota Kinabalu, Natural History Publications (Borneo). vii, 245 p I...