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Northern Monkey
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Post by Northern Monkey » Mon May 10, 2010 5:20 pm

Whats my loach?
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Martin Thoene
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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon May 10, 2010 7:35 pm

Let your fingers do the walking. Here's a head-start:

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pi ... toral-fins

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Cant see it?

Post by Northern Monkey » Tue May 11, 2010 6:17 am

Cant see one like this one in your index ?
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Post by PASoracco » Tue May 11, 2010 6:31 am

to me, it looks most like homaloptera stephensoni, but it could be one of the other variegated elongate
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Post by piggy4 » Tue May 11, 2010 7:20 am

No I cant , come on Martin be a little more specific :lol:

The nearest would be Balitori Brucei :!:

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Post by Matt » Tue May 11, 2010 11:12 am

Balitora or Homaloptera sp. for me. Do you know where it's from?

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Post by Northern Monkey » Tue May 11, 2010 12:22 pm

It is from Pasighat area of Arunachal Pradesh,India .
Possibly B.Brucei :lol:
Just thought it was a nice tester for everyone?
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue May 11, 2010 5:43 pm

Balitora brucei was my first instinct guess when I saw it.

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