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G'Day all
I have loved Khuli loaches for years and am finally branching out into other loaches such as Dwarf Chains, Pakastani and Borneo Suckers. With my love of Khuli loaches I can't resist getting another couple anytime I see them in my local Pet shop (which is not all that often ), any way I got this Khuli loach a while ago but have not been able to pin down just which type it is, so I was hoping that all of you other loach addicts might be able to help in indentifiying it.
Thanks


All of my other Khuli's appear to be P. khuli and P. semicincta but this one doesn't seem to fit the bill for any of the pictures I have seen so far.

I would think that one is the one sometimes called Giant Kuhlie.
Slightly longer, distinctly larger diameter, and yellow tends to be that stripe + spot pattern.

Here is the one I am thinking about. Follow that back to the species list for a few others.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-myersi

Note that gravid females and over fed fish can look plumper than is normal for the species, and the color patterns vary, sometimes quite a bit, even among fish caught in the same area (and presumably genetically related)