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Loaches from Rakhine state.

Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:13 pm

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:

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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.

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Post by Diana » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:05 pm

Very long, but nice looking.
I wish your store was closer.
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

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Post by bslindgren » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:59 am

Diana wrote: I wish your store was closer.
Yeah, any chance of some cloning of Emma with store??
Why does my aquarium always seem too small?

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Post by Graeme Robson » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:46 am

Very nice! 8) And also very Nemacheilus like.
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Post by mickthefish » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:26 am

hey don't forget Steve peeps, he works bloody hard at the shop.
and no you have to come over to the UK instead. :wink:

And they are an intresting looking loach, quite pretty .

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Post by Emma Turner » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:40 pm

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.

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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:

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Dorsal:

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Can you see the one that is peeping out from beneath the sand?

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Hope you enjoyed the pics. I wonder what species this is :?:

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Post by plaalye » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:12 pm

They're beautiful little fish! I wonder if they are typically thin? It will be interesting to see how they look in the future.

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Post by Jim Powers » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:52 pm

They certainly are cute little guys.
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Post by fhm_usa » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:18 am

cool...That's a lot of loaches.

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Post by Keith Wolcott » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:01 am

Very nice! I like the one with sand on his head.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:07 am

Where is TDO when you need him...... :P

Anyone have his e-mail address. :idea:
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Post by helen nightingale » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:51 am

that one with the sand on its head should go on the funny pictures thread.

they are so pretty

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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:23 am

Thanks guys, they are cute aren't they.
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Post by The.Dark.One » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:13 pm

I have risen.......

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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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:28 pm

Thank you TDO, I will dig for more info and post here if I find out any more.

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