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I apologize if this has been asked before, but does anyone have a list of the species (preferably common names) that clown loaches live with in their natural habitat?

Also maybe some pictures of their natural habitat?

Im working on a tank just for them and want it to be as close to home as possible.

No idea on which species the Clowns live with but here's a link to some natural habitat pictures.

http://www.bollmoraakvarieklubb.org/art ... 0loach.htm

says Chaca bankanensis in that link so theres one.

david

Interesting Read

Very interesting but is there any pics of them actual in wild rivers??

Dave_2133 wrote:Very interesting but is there any pics of them actual in wild rivers??

I doubt many a of those people hanging sticks and strings in the water from their dugout canoes carry digital cameras with them

Check out pics at http://www.siamensis.org.

You'll not find pictures of Clowns specifically in Nonn Panitvong's pages, but you'll find zillions of cool pics, many underwater, such as this of Botia kubotai and Syncrossus berdmorei(under log).



I think there's some video on there too. You'll have to hunt about a bit because most of it is in Thai, but Nonn's photos are A-mazing.

Martin.

It seems like i cant find a list of fish that clown loaches live with anywhere. Ive spent hours googling and nothing yet =\

I use to have a link of exactly what your looking for. There use to be a faunu and flora list at this website-
http://www.eii.org/borneo/danausentarum ... fauna.html
but that link is broken now.

Try to google Danau Sentarum.

Also Clown Loaches native name is Ulang Uli or Ulanguli. You might try doing a google search on that instead of clown loaches.

Stuff here about ulang uli catching......

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/rgd6/PDF/febdraft.pdf

......seems they use local names in the text. I don't know if there's a list relating those names to scientific names. Mentions tabung for catching ulang uli.

Martin.

Thanks Keith,

This PDF talks about a fishery they want to build and has a bunch of cool information.

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/rgd6/PDF/febdraft.pdf

Opps didnt notice martins link.

The scientific names are on the last page, now I just have to "translate" those =)

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/T0537E/T0537E06.htm
At this link, on table 6.2, is a listing of some fish in the Kapuas River.

If you have access to good library, there is a book called-
"Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi" by
Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993

Perhaps this book would help.

Since I have nothing going on for a few days, (I'm resting because I hurt my back yesterday) and that I'm also interested in this ; I'll start a list of common names, scientific names, and location.

I just ran into some info that say's clown loaches were collected in Johore, Malaysia near Kulai in 1941. So much for thinking clowns were only found in Kalimantan, Borneo in the Kapuas and in a few rivers in Sumatra.


http://www.fishnet2.net/portal-presenta ... table=true

Martin Thoene wrote:Check out pics at http://www.siamensis.org.

You'll not find pictures of Clowns specifically in Nonn Panitvong's pages, but you'll find zillions of cool pics, many underwater, such as this of Botia kubotai and Syncrossus berdmorei(under log).



I think there's some video on there too. You'll have to hunt about a bit because most of it is in Thai, but Nonn's photos are A-mazing.

Martin.

good site just wish i could understand it. It took me ages to find the pics but once i found them, they were great shots but alot of them.

I went through that list of fish from Danau Sentarum (Kalimantan, Borneo). Here's a list of those that have an English name.

Native Name / Common Name
Patik / Asian redtail catfish
Ketutung / Bala Shark
Temunit / Black sharkminnow
Kelik / Blackskin catfish
Bantak / Bonylip barb
Belida / clown knifefish
Ulang Uli / Clown Loach
Ringau / Datniode
Seluang / Flying fox
Toman / Giant snakehead
Rita' / Glowlight rasbora
Siluk / Arowana
Bilis / Kapuas river sprat
Biawan / Kissing gourami
Jelawat / Mad barb
Ketutuk / Marble goby
Emperas / Redeye barb
Seluang / Scissortail rasbora
Seluang / Silver rasbora
Engkarit / Striped barb
Delak / Striped snakehead
Tengadak / Tinfoil barb
Rik / Twospot catfish
Kelik / Walking catfish
Engkarit / Zebra barb
Engkadik / Zebra Loach