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Graeme your photos seem to show the almorhae way of looking at you in the bottom pic he seems to be saying "oi! you lookin' at me?" He looks like he was a really unusual fish.
kubotai and almorhae seem to vary so much in colouration. i'd love to know what he really is.
Martin sent me a paper on kubotai, and this is what it says on the difference between almorhae and kubotai
oh well, if i never find out, then at least he is still a beautifull fish. the orange finnage is so pretty
kubotai and almorhae seem to vary so much in colouration. i'd love to know what he really is.
Martin sent me a paper on kubotai, and this is what it says on the difference between almorhae and kubotai
from looking at the pictures of almorhae on the species index, i'm not sure about some of these. this isnt going to simple i am starting to wish that people at work could do animal DNA testing as well as plants - there seems to be papers out there on loach DNA.there are more bands on the caudal fin (7, vs. 3-4 in B. kubotai), on the pectoral fin (5, vs. 2-3) and on the dorsal fin (3, vs. 2)
oh well, if i never find out, then at least he is still a beautifull fish. the orange finnage is so pretty
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Done! I've posed the question to our friends over on petfrd.Graeme Robson wrote:I suppose it's time to ask the Asian keepers and collectors.
Some fish have red/pink pigmented areas just by the gills, which gives it the appearance 'blushing'. I know there are strains of Angel fish that have this blushing, and the pictures below of the Violet blushing sharks (Labeo boga) show this quite nicely. Your mystery loach has an element of this blushing around the gill area, although obviously not quite so noticeable. I've been observing the fish for some time and it is certainly nothing to worry about, just pigmentation.helen nightingale wrote:Emma can you describe the blushing? i havent come across this before.
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