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I do have one of these guys who is quite a bit smaller than the other two, with him being about an inch and a half long. If I compare him to the fish in these two articles... http://www.loaches.com/articles/botia-rostrata-development-of-markings-during-growth http://www.loaches.com/articles/botia-hi...

These guys are about 2 1/2 inches right now. The last two I had of Botia kubotai had their more adult pattern by then.

I was at one of my nicer fish stores the other day, and was looking to pick up a couple new loaches. They had several they were selling as "Burmese Border Loaches", and I ended up buying three of them. What I find confusing is that they don't look like the Botia kubotai that I normally see referred ...