Schistura ID please
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Schistura ID please
these schistura were sold in germany as S. balteata. But in germany will quite much sold as S. balteata maybe someone can tell me the right name of these loach. The colors are not correct, the stripes are more pink than orange. I can say that they are not so aggressive than other Schistura, but they naturally will fight for their favourite place too. The stripes are very variable, one loach has none, another four or so.
actually i would show other Loaches in this thread, but the ftp-server is down. I had to restart the PC. I will start another thread for another questions (ID) the days.
Thomas
actually i would show other Loaches in this thread, but the ftp-server is down. I had to restart the PC. I will start another thread for another questions (ID) the days.
Thomas
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And quite a nice photo, too. Look at that face. Awww.
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Thanks Graeme,
Hello Mad Duff
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 group, my first schistura was a sp. aff. balteata too.Within the Balteata loach group
Hello Mad Duff
it's the prettiest of the fourLovely specimen Thomas
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I know what you mean Thomas. I keep a few of these and sometimes depending on their mood you can see different markings. Here's one of mine and depending on the time of day or mood they are in you can see more vertical stripe markings, same applies with colour. At times this chap shows very distinct zebra like patterns.
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 again. Am I blind?
And here is another one from the topic loaches. The mouth/head is a bit narrower. Could it be a sexual dimorphism? I've never heard something like this but who knows.
In my tank they sometimes dig under a stone, but I've not noticed some corpulence (eggs) until now. It looks like they are digging "as a pair". This happening repeated every few months. Maybe two or three times in a year.
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 again. Am I blind?
And here is another one from the topic loaches. The mouth/head is a bit narrower. Could it be a sexual dimorphism? I've never heard something like this but who knows.
In my tank they sometimes dig under a stone, but I've not noticed some corpulence (eggs) until now. It looks like they are digging "as a pair". This happening repeated every few months. Maybe two or three times in a year.
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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 very similar.
Or are my documents outdated? I've looked in Kottelats "Indochinese nemacheilines"
I would say this is not the really paucifasciata but of course very similar.
Or are my documents outdated? I've looked in Kottelats "Indochinese nemacheilines"
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They could well be Schistura paucifasciata after all. Gerhard Ott has submitted this to fishbase. Gerhard Ott has also submitted a few pictures for us to use. Thomas, have you seen this site and could you translate what they are talking about?
http://www.aqua-terra-net.de/Hydro/Sond ... a%20sp.htm
http://www.aqua-terra-net.de/Hydro/Sond ... a%20sp.htm
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