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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:30 am

This intensely coloured specimen came in with a batch of 'normally' coloured red lizard loaches listed as Homaloptera orthogoniata. I have not fiddled with the colour saturation in any way, this is how it appears to the naked eye - if not more intense 'in person'. Are these neon coloured specimens seen from time to time? I've never seen one quite like this before. All the others in the batch are a more dull browny-red:

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Apologies for water marks etc on glass, I was in the middle of helping with tonights shipments, when this one (which arrived 2 weeks ago with the normal coloured ones) very obviously caught my eye! I can try for more pics later in the week if needed. The pigment on the nose/front of face is incredible.

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Post by chefkeith » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:08 am

That's a new loach species for me. Never seen anything like it.
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Post by Mad Duff » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:08 am

Stunning fish Emma :)
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Post by namal kamalgoda » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:10 am

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Post by Jim Powers » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:43 am

Very cool!!
I've never seen one like that. Of course I have only seen a handful of that species.
I think you better take that one home, Emma. :D
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Post by Doc » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:32 am

I have never seen that colour on any of these. Amazing.
So many species of fish yet so little time, space and money to keep them all...
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Post by bob d » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:07 am

Now that is spectacular! It must be great to be in the right place ALL of the time Emma.
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Wow!

Post by starsplitter7 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:52 am

I think you need to start exporting, so those of us in fish depressed areas can purchase gorgeous fish like these. Wow!
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Post by Keith Wolcott » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:13 am

If Emma did exports, we would have a bidding war on that one! Amazing!!!!!!!
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Post by Mark in Vancouver » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:53 am

Neat!
Your vantage point determines what you can see.
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Post by newshound » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:13 pm

emma you had better be keeping that one!
drain your pool!
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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:23 pm

You lot have twisted my arm. :wink: If it's still there by the weekend, I shall bring it home.

Thanks for all the great comments!

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Post by Dutch » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:53 pm

It looks a bit odd. An albino, but not really. I think I prefer the normal color pattern, but this one is interesting. Are you confident it's natural?

I'm really starting to love the Homaloptera species. Didn't see them until I browsed the species index a while back. Makes it very tempting for me to reconsider the plans for my future tank, but I think I'd better not. :wink:
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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:30 pm

Hi Dutch,

Yes, I'm 100% confident it's natural. Currently all Homaloptera species available in the trade are wild caught. The way the neon colour graduates into the duller coloured parts says to me that this is natural colour. Some years back, I found an interesting contaminant in with a batch of H. confuzona, which we never identified. It is documented here and has a fluorescent horizontal stripe running through the body: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ho ... identified. These fish are so delicate to export, that if anyone interfered with them e.g. dying, tattooing etc, they would not survive.

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Post by Dutch » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:45 pm

Hi Emma,

Do you know if the coloration was like that when they were caught? It might sound strange but the stress response in fish can have an effect on its color. Since these are so sensitive, it could be caused by the transport.
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