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today I've seen my first Cobitis loaches in real live. I know them only from pictures, till this evening :) I dont know wich species is it, i could imagine that they were from japan or china. They weren't on the bill from the wholesaler, so I've no hints what species this could be. But I think china...

Hi, The typical characteristic of the genus Lepidocephalichthys are thickened last pectoral rays of the male. This I have seen yesterday at two of my loaches (and two others haven't this - so I have at least two pairs) The fishes no. 5 and 6 don't show me their pectoral fins so I can't say what they...

want to show you my new Barbatula. Yesterday I bought 7 of this beauties. At the Moment they are in quarantine, but in two weeks I put them to my other Stoneloaches in my "european rivertank" :) http://greygo.net/Aqua-Bilder/lol/barba9.jpg http://greygo.net/Aqua-Bilder/lol/barba10.jpg http://greygo....

Thanks for your replies.

is there any chance of finding out where they were exported from ?

I think he said that they were from Myanmar (Burma)

Can regional variations lead to different shaped fins and bodies then?

i can't imagine that it is, but who knows...

Thomas

The tail does not looks like Misgurnus, it is not convex and counting the barbels is not so easy as I thought. But I'm nearly 90% sure that they have only 8 barbels and not 10 like Misgurnus. But I have to confirm this. The fishes are very shy and quickly move in the background. Here is the tail of ...

Yes Mick, they don't look like yours.

@Graeme
some fishes has definitly "Cobitis/Lepidocephalichthys" patterns and a Misgurnus with such markings are unkown for me.

But I will go and count the Barbels - then we know more (hopefully)

Hi, Yesterday I get some Lepidocephalichthys, they were sold as L. cf. berdmorei. Would you agree that this is a L. berdmorei and no cf.? http://greygo.net/Aqua-Bilder/lol/L_cf_berdmorei1.jpg http://greygo.net/Aqua-Bilder/lol/L_cf_berdmorei2.jpg Unfortunately, two died and one is not in good conditi...

Hi Emma,

No, I don't have photos. My Homaloptera catch only swimming pieces of the food and don't sit around it and eat like yours.
It's hard to take a photo of this behaviour. I'm to slow, much to slow.

Thomas

Hi,

I've tried this and it works. Thanks for the hint!

Thomas

Hi Erik

yes, I would say it's a Acanthocobitis. About the exact species I can't say anything. But with the genus you are right.

Bye, Thomas

Hi Emma, thanks for the info! The pic a very small, but it looks a little bit similar to your Pangio cf. anguillaris . http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-cf-anguillaris Yesterday I got two of that P. cf anguillaris and one P. anguillaris. :) The "cf" are very shy, much more than the one ang...

My were (they both died last year, I had only two female) about 4 inch and yes, they are very slim such as the P. anguillaris.

Hi Tanja,

I've found my doriae in a oblonga tank too. And heard the same from others. Before two weeks I saw three doriae between new oblonga.

If someone wants to have Pangio doriae, take a look to the P. oblonga tanks.

Bye, Thomas

Hi,

I would say this is Pangio doriae. Compare it with my Pic of P. doriae. Has it nasal-barbels?

Bye, Thomas

It is 1.5 Inch (4cm) and I have it since three or four years. I'm not sure... fishbase.org says that this species will grow only 0,9 Inch (2,4cm) standardlength. This is a little bit short. SL of my savona is 1,4 Inch (3,5cm) Here is a pic of my savona http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=11272