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Matt,
We can't key them out wrt. color. Now we know that there are a "complex" of Red Schisturas . Three valid species I know that I have are kodaguensis, nagodiensis & nilgriensis . S.nilgriensis has 9-11 black bands whereas nagodiensis has 7 bands most of them ending 2/3 of the body and not ...

Can't conclude anything from that pic. Could be a Schistura semiarmatus. Check out if it has a tear drop marking below its eyes and black spots throughout the body, if not the anterior half.

Real beauties Mark!

Looks to me more of a Mesonemacheilus than a Schistura

The dominant male:

Just keep clicking MD. Beautiful snaps and plumpy fishes!
Just a tip, F8 with a fast shutter @ ISO 350 is a sweet spot of the cam with that lens for fish!

You do know that, as long as you keep feeding, they will never refuse it!

Mick,
Your fishes sure are suffering from Obesity!

he's nearly half the size bigger than the rest with a massive head and mouth.
mick

That's probably the reason why there isn't much aggressive Mick. I have 2 huge ones almost at the same size and full grown to around 3.5" and that tank is seldom at peace. And yes they have a massive head, mouth ...

Definitely a typical Schistura , Mick. Greedy while eating, wasnt very fuzzy or choosy about food and not that aggressive as say a denisonii or for that matter even a semiarmatus .
A bit surprisingly, most of the time they are out in the open and rarely have I seen them going inside rocks and leaf ...

Coorg District, Karnataka. Its called Kodagu plateau, a highland plateau in the middle of the western gharts and hence the name kodaguensis

Mad Duff wrote: I want some

Make a trip to India. I'll take you to where they are.

Few more pics after they've settled a bit.

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Schistura kodaguensis

Very Beautiful MD & Mick. :)
Pretty impossible to narrow it with respect to triangularis as its one loach thats wide spread thoughout the length of the Western gharts, though, guntherii is pretty restricted to the southern parts.
These fellas are very interesting fishes both in the wild & in ...