Loaches from Rakhine state.
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Loaches from Rakhine state.
Hi all,
These little beauties arrived last night under the "Burmese Spotted Red Finned Loach - Schistura sp. rakhine" name tag. Sorry the pictures aren't the best, these were taken whilst they were being acclimatised - will try for some in-tank shots later in the week:
What do we think? No red on the fins (yet?), they are approx 2" TL and very elongate compared to other Schistura species I have seen.
Emma
These little beauties arrived last night under the "Burmese Spotted Red Finned Loach - Schistura sp. rakhine" name tag. Sorry the pictures aren't the best, these were taken whilst they were being acclimatised - will try for some in-tank shots later in the week:
What do we think? No red on the fins (yet?), they are approx 2" TL and very elongate compared to other Schistura species I have seen.
Emma
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Some new pics. They are obviously still a bit skinny, but they are feeding well now. These loaches are really difficult to photograph as they are small and very active, burying under the sand if they want to. They remind me of Acantopsis in some respects, but Schistura/Nemacheilus in others.
Some of the following shots aren't all that sharp, but I included them so that you could see the beautiful blue iridescence along the rear half of the flanks:
Dorsal:
Can you see the one that is peeping out from beneath the sand?
Hope you enjoyed the pics. I wonder what species this is
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Some of the following shots aren't all that sharp, but I included them so that you could see the beautiful blue iridescence along the rear half of the flanks:
Dorsal:
Can you see the one that is peeping out from beneath the sand?
Hope you enjoyed the pics. I wonder what species this is
Emma
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that one with the sand on its head should go on the funny pictures thread.
they are so pretty
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They look to me like a Nemacheilus, not a Schistura. They appear to be in the same complex as N. masyae etc. The closest described fish I can see is N. pallidus (look at the fish in image 7 of the second batch of images), however, that species tends to have markings in the dorsal and caudal, which (at least at the moment) are absent in these fish.
I have checked similar species in Yunnan, and they don't seem to match any of them.
Anyway, if they are from Rakhine, this places them some distance away from Yunnan (although I think it is covered still by the Irrawaddy delta, the same one that runs through Yunnan and into Myanmar) and also to the known distribution of N. pallidus (Thailand, Cambodia).
I think the rivers of Manipur, India may drain into Rakhine state via Chin state. I've checked the 'Indian' suspects and can't seem to come up with any.
SO - could be an undescribed species, allied to N. pallidus. It would be helpful to see them as adults, that might give me more of an idea.
They look to me like a Nemacheilus, not a Schistura. They appear to be in the same complex as N. masyae etc. The closest described fish I can see is N. pallidus (look at the fish in image 7 of the second batch of images), however, that species tends to have markings in the dorsal and caudal, which (at least at the moment) are absent in these fish.
I have checked similar species in Yunnan, and they don't seem to match any of them.
Anyway, if they are from Rakhine, this places them some distance away from Yunnan (although I think it is covered still by the Irrawaddy delta, the same one that runs through Yunnan and into Myanmar) and also to the known distribution of N. pallidus (Thailand, Cambodia).
I think the rivers of Manipur, India may drain into Rakhine state via Chin state. I've checked the 'Indian' suspects and can't seem to come up with any.
SO - could be an undescribed species, allied to N. pallidus. It would be helpful to see them as adults, that might give me more of an idea.
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