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Schistura sp?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:06 pm
by The-Wolf
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:46 am
by Graeme Robson
Looks like a schistura spilota.
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:57 pm
by The-Wolf
well as no one else had said anything
and the description on fishbase states
"Can be distinguished by the following characters: 7-10 bars on body, the anterior ones conspicuously wider than the posterior ones"
which does seem to describe these loaches (They have 7 bars)
I'll take it as that is what they are (for now)
I see loaches online website dosn't even mention them,
I'd be happy if my pics were used in their addition
if and when it appears.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:18 pm
by Tony T.
Since your fish seems to have red dot at dorsal fin base it is not spilota. In the species index the Schistura sp. 1 is spilota.
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/sc ... _sp_1.html
Its body shape is slightly different from the usual Schistura in that it has pretty long tail section and rather short barbels. And of course it has no trace of red dot at dorsal fin base that is seen on the majority of Schistura. Another interesting thing is that it often has irregular bar pattern.
