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borneo-suckers not often seen species
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:00 pm
by ch.koenig
just found these pictures
http://www.aquaristik-sh.de/board6-s%C3 ... s%C3%A4ue/
the identification is in progress. but if you like to guess?
cheers Charles
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:26 pm
by Jim Powers
Interesting looking fish!
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:13 pm
by Jim Powers
I wonder what that slender fish is?
Neogastromyzon?
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:42 pm
by Martin Thoene
Well I'll say
Gastromyzon based on the Borneo location, but I've never seen anything like those. Think you could be correct on
Neogastromyzon for the slender one Jim. They're certainly all very beautiful and desirable species.
There is such a wealth of interesting species out there. It amazes me as the years go by that new jewels keep being "discovered" by people from outside the native land of these fish.
Nice to see my article still getting quoted
Martin.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:46 am
by ch.koenig
the smaller, slim one on the first pictures shows horizontal stripes. that's amazing. on the other hand we know not much about juvenile markings. but the body shape doesn't remember gastromyzon.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:12 am
by Matt
Ah great link Charles. Let's hope he sends you locality details.

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:27 am
by odyssey
Thank you very much for telling a very interesting site.
I'd like to know where their habitat is, too.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:54 am
by Menu
Very interesting fish!
The head shape of the slimmer one looks like a Protomyzon for me?
But who knows?
For comparison:
http://www.u2u.idv.tw/stone/htm/TETRA/P ... chilus.htm
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:12 pm
by ch.koenig
protomyzon is not completely out of question. the pics won't show enough details.
p. whiteheadi, griswoldia are out, aphelocheilus, borneensis are not documented.