Thank you Charles! It does indeed resemble a Nemacheilus sp. The N. nilgiriensis, which I think was recorded first in the Nilgiris, is a few hundred kilometers from here - here being closer to Mumbai in the Northern Western Ghats region. I'm attaching another image of this Loach: https://lh3.googleu...
Hello all, I'm so very glad to have found out about this website! I've been exploring freshwater fishes of the Western Ghats (India) for quite a while, but I'm having a really hard time identifying a rather common loach of steady streams. And I was wondering if anyone could help me with its identity...