Yup.piggy4 wrote:Thanks Yellowfinned, those pics are of the fish i've been trying to describe ! note the dorsal ,its the same colour as the body , wheras in Modesta the dorsal is the same colour as the tail !
Yellow finned are these the ones you caught in your local canal ?
The dorsal is not as yellow as the tail and other fins, but depending on the light does have a yellow tinge.i m o, these are a nice sp/ to keep they do well in small groups i.e. about six fish or more , never really saw any aggression aimed at other fish ! they seemed to form a pecking order among themselves , and were a joy to watch .
Andrew, my rather untechnical view on loaches in Thailand.i think these are an undescribed sp/ ! as for their size i would suspect they grow to at least 6 inches ?
I've had many a chat with The Dark One about this fish , thanks again Yellow finned .
I get rather privileged access to the loaches in Thailand, ‘cos I live here. I see them at the market, have fished them out of canals, and spoken to many fishermen and traders. Often, I can trace them back to their origin. I have seen many different loaches, including those from Lao and South East Burma.
Although the species index in loach.com is great, it seems obvious to me that many of the loaches I have seen, or even most, do not fit neatly into the species definitions.
I have seen tigers with bright red fins, eight inch skunks and a gamut of yellow/orange/red fins. Especially Yasuhikotakia, it is difficult me to fit what I see into a finite number of species. Interestingly many loaches that appear on this forum I have never seen, emperor, nigrolineta, sumo.
I am sure that either there are many not yet described species, or at least a lot of races within species.
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