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Few loaches of the Western Gharts of India

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:48 am
by madhu
Lepidocephalus thermalis
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Nemacheilus pertrubanarescui
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Nemacheilus stigmofasciatus the one in centre
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ID Reqd: Nemacheilus sp.

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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:23 am
by mickthefish
Hi Madhu, nice to see you here. :D

mick

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:27 am
by madhu
Thanks Mick!
I was indeed desperate for a positive ID on that Nemacheilus :P
Fella's got the patterns similar to a S. denisonii :? :roll:

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:47 am
by mickthefish
i still think you need to do a profile shot for it to be possitive mate, there are so many that are similar to each other. :shock: :wink:

mick

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:13 am
by madhu
Oh yaa.. will do it over the weekend mate.
You know what it takes to catch these little fellas from an established tank. :roll: :x

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:16 pm
by Mad Duff
Hi Madhu, its great to see you here :D

Nice looking fish 8)

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:56 pm
by madhu
Few more:

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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:14 pm
by madhu
Few more: :D

Schistura nielgriensis a.k.a Crimson loach
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Indoreonectes keralensis
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:15 am
by random2
Madhu,

Where was the S nielgriensis caught?

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:27 am
by madhu
From Kerala Deepak.
Sounds pretty far away wrt distribution from where it was described originally.

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:57 pm
by madhu
Bhavania australis collected from Papanasam, TN.
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Longischistura striata? Collected from Vaidegi falls, TN
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Schistura semiarmatus
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Schistura denisonii
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The Biotope:
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Travancoria jonesii collected from Valparai, TN
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Mesonemacheilus herreii
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:35 am
by Mad Duff
Lovely fish and great photo's Madhu :D

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:39 am
by madhu
Thanks Mate! :)

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:41 pm
by Jim Powers
Very nice!!

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:38 am
by madhu
Schistura kodaguensis
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