Western Ghats(India) collection trip and loach ID
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Western Ghats(India) collection trip and loach ID
Hi all,
I had posted a question earlier regarding methods of catching loaches in the wild.
Had been to a collection trip with members of IAH. We covered a good part of western ghats in Karnataka. Will try If I can mark up a map and post. Overall 1000+km.
Here are some findings -
We found L. thermalis to be one of the most common loaches (nothing surprising I think)
Other catches/sitings were - N. anguilla, Schistura sp.
Non-loaches -
Lots of Killis mainly A. lineatus
Rasbora daniconius
Puntius sahyadrensis
Puntius arulius
We managed to locate a place where Schistura nilgiriensis were caught.
There was one dead loach. This place seems to be polluted with pesticides.
and our expert catcher Mayur managed to catch the below one in the last minute -
Any idea on what these are?
The second one has
4 barbels - the lower pair is pretty long
Has greenish bars all along ( 7- 8 ). Some start below the lateral line.
There are small black dots along the lateral line.
Its dorsal and caudal fins were pretty red when caught.
The eyes are pretty reddish in color.
The caudal fin is split slightly. like M turned 90degrees
I have this in my tank presently. But the guy/gal gets spooked if I switch on any lights. So will post snaps of these in few days once it gets settled.
We also managed to catch loaches which most probably are N. anguilla. I have a bunch of smaller specimens. The larger ones are on the way to Beta (so he might post them on petfrd).
This was the place where we got the dead loach and caught schistura sp. (probable) - http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/commu ... &start=495
Pictures of biotopes and others will be posted on IAH -
http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/commu ... &start=450
The pictures I have posted here were taken by Madan Subramanian.
I had posted a question earlier regarding methods of catching loaches in the wild.
Had been to a collection trip with members of IAH. We covered a good part of western ghats in Karnataka. Will try If I can mark up a map and post. Overall 1000+km.
Here are some findings -
We found L. thermalis to be one of the most common loaches (nothing surprising I think)
Other catches/sitings were - N. anguilla, Schistura sp.
Non-loaches -
Lots of Killis mainly A. lineatus
Rasbora daniconius
Puntius sahyadrensis
Puntius arulius
We managed to locate a place where Schistura nilgiriensis were caught.
There was one dead loach. This place seems to be polluted with pesticides.
and our expert catcher Mayur managed to catch the below one in the last minute -
Any idea on what these are?
The second one has
4 barbels - the lower pair is pretty long
Has greenish bars all along ( 7- 8 ). Some start below the lateral line.
There are small black dots along the lateral line.
Its dorsal and caudal fins were pretty red when caught.
The eyes are pretty reddish in color.
The caudal fin is split slightly. like M turned 90degrees
I have this in my tank presently. But the guy/gal gets spooked if I switch on any lights. So will post snaps of these in few days once it gets settled.
We also managed to catch loaches which most probably are N. anguilla. I have a bunch of smaller specimens. The larger ones are on the way to Beta (so he might post them on petfrd).
This was the place where we got the dead loach and caught schistura sp. (probable) - http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/commu ... &start=495
Pictures of biotopes and others will be posted on IAH -
http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/commu ... &start=450
The pictures I have posted here were taken by Madan Subramanian.
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Regards,
Deepak
Regards,
Deepak
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