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Did it always carry the light body colouration? Hi Graeme, i would say yes if I remember correctly. The caudal was not really convex, more a line. But not concave, and I've never seen a Schistura without a concave caudalfin. I'm unsure wether it was a Schistura...But I have naturally not seen every...

Oh, Thanks for explanation

I've found Gerhards Mail. At this time (Nov. 2002) he wrote me, that we had to name the loaches as S. sp.aff. balteata. But I would say it is both all right. And we have the free choice at the moment. Leave it quietly at sp.aff. paucifasciata.

here is a pic of a loach which I have never seen before. I bought it last years summer It is not really important, because it died after a week in my tank. In the shop it always lay around, also when it get some hit from one of the small garra's in the tank. Maybe someone know something about that f...

Hi dark,

but perhaps see what Gerghard comes back with.

Is he on tour at the moment?

So, I've translated it so good as I can. I've mailed it to you. I don't know concerning the copyright and don't post it here. But you can allocate it to others :D I've contacted Gerhard 2002 about this loaches, I will search for his answer. The Mail is on another PC. I'm curious about the new pics :...

Ok Graeme, some few infos about these. Not much but better than nothing.

Distribution: Myanmar (more precise I can't say it)
Max size: 8cm, after 5,5 years in my tank.
all the rest is typical Schistura

A few pics will follow, tell me if you need something special

if you want you can use it for a new sp. aff. balteata or sp. aff. paucifasciata section.

This loaches have much friends in germany, and in german forum users sometimes ask about breeding sids. Next time I will link your Thread

we have a lot of winners, like Thomas, he joined the right forum “Gut gemacht Thomas”

Danke Wolfram

Funny Video Wolfram! One of my Pseudogastromyzon has done this too But I've seen this only one time. Thanks for this!

Thomas

Thanks for all your replies! The wholesaler is located in Cologne. The days I will visit some Cologne pet shops. I'm sure that I find the Loaches in one of the shops and can see them before buying. I will report later.

of course you can use it, but are you sure that this is S. paucifasciata ? I thought always that S. paucifasciata has a black caudal stripe. The fishes of mine hadn't this. In a german magazine they were called S. sp. aff. balteata . I would say this is not the really paucifasciata but of course ver...

Is here anybody who knows something about Sinogastromyzon puliensis ? A german wholesaler has this guys new in his stock and i'm interested in. But before I go to order a group, I have some questions. I think they are comparable with S. wui . I have read, that the wui is a not so easy hillstream, bu...

this loaches i've seen two times at a dealer, but everytime in a bad state. So i don't buy any. But they are very nice! Here's ist one of my first S sp. aff. balteata. I've bought them 2002 and today I've only one of them. I'm sure that i saw them here in the species index but now i can't find them ...

Thanks Graeme, Within the Balteata loach group yes, i think so too. It's a pity that i can't get the pink on the pic. But we know: S. balteata is "pink" on the ground with dark belts/stripes. This loach has a dark ground color and pink belts/stripes. The exact opposite. Fascinating! I like this grou...