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I was at a LFS, and I was looking at their feeder fish. I found this fish in their tank, and I think it is a Brown Kuhlie eel loach Pangio cf. anguillaris or Pangio anguillaris. They do have an overall brown color. I have two more in another tank. I know the pictures are bad. This is a very fast fish and he's small -- about 2.5 inches, but thin maybe 3 or 4 mm in diameter. Since he came in as a feeder, they gave him to me for free.
Could you confirm my ID, or let me know if I am completely off base. I know it is hard with these pictures. Look how thready he is compared to the Java moss. He's not an Oblanga, unless my other Oblangas are on steroids.

Firstly.......can I say the pictures are a bit disturbing. They look like some kind of gourmet meal presentation......and that's.............just wrong

I think the last picture is the clincher. You can see the side stripe. I'd say P. anguillaris and it looks fat enough to be a female.......tasty.......probably


Martin.

She's been in quarantine, and I was drip acclimating her to actual tank. So I thought this was my best chance at pictures. She wasn't happy about this at all.

I left the room she was in and came back a few minutes later, and she was fish jerky on the floor -- no signs of life. Very frustrating. I grabbed her, and threw her back into the quarantine tank and then fished her out to be in a net under the filter flow. I put a conditioner in to help with her slime coat. She is amazingly still alive this morning and got herself out of the net. I guess I will leave her in quarantine a while longer. I have no idea how she got out of her acclimation bucket.

Hi,

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

Bye, Thomas

Thomas wrote:Hi,

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

Bye, Thomas

I think you may be correct Thomas. Your picture is so much better than mine. How big is your fish? Is it very thin? Mine is about 3 inches long but only 3 mm wide. It is thin like string or wire. Not skinny though. Naturally thin. Mine eat well.

Thank you.

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.