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elr
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Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by elr » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:11 pm

flipaquatics has just put hillstream loaches on their website. They’re calling them Sewellia lineolata but they don’t look like it to me. Can anyone id this fish?

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by NancyD » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:09 pm

Not S. lineolate but I'm not sure which it is.
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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by ch.koenig » Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:15 am

Hi
I would say Sewellia SEW03.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/sewellia-sp-sew03/
But: as stressed specimen kann lose a clear pattern and Sewellia SEW02 is quite similar in pattern and as they develop the definitive pattern with growth ... That means, saddleback markings e.g. can be incomplete/broken until adult ...
After some hundreds of bred specimen of either species I couldn't tell it with certitude.
Cheers Charles

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by elr » Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:12 am

Would it be ok to mix this fish with my S. lineolata? Or should it be kept separate to prevent inter breeding?

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by ch.koenig » Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:28 pm

Hi
That's no problem, they don't crossbreed. Actually I have S. lineolata, SEW03 and SEW01 in one tank with about 200 youngsters. All without any sign of cross-breeding. Some time ago in one tank SEW02 and SEW02 without cross-breeding which I had exspected.
By the way: have a good look that the other species gets enough food as S. lineolata is quite strong-willed even as smaller species.
Cheers Charles

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by elr » Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:50 pm

Thanks for the info! Is there someplace with clear pictures of the different Sewellia species?

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by NancyD » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:58 pm

There used to be several on the loaches main site species page but I didn't find them just now. Charles's link is to his pics of fry & adults. Here are SF "sewellia" species on seriously fish http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/search/sewellia. HTH
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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by elr » Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:23 am

Thank you so much!

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Re: Sewellia for sale but not lineolata?

Post by nhkg » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:19 pm

They could it be Sewellia breviventralis. Sewellia breviventralis is very similar to SEW03 (I can not see difference).

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