To me, the adult fish look like the
Schistura cf. balteata that have been available over the last couple of years. Exports of the 'real'
Schistura balteata have been sporadic and rare. I have kept
Schistura balteata for 4 or 5 years (just the one left now) and they do look different.
Do you happen to know if the parent fish have different colouration to the rear half of the body? It is just that when the
Schistura cf. balteata were first exported, it was clear that there were fish with both overall pink or yellow rear halves. It would be interesting to find out if this was likely to be a sexual difference, or whether it is regional etc.
And great pics Chris, the dug out is fascinating.
If it's ok with you, we'll have to add some of your fry pics to the
Schistura cf. balteata profile sometime soon.
Emma
