Few loaches of the Western Gharts of India

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Few loaches of the Western Gharts of India

Post by madhu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:48 am

Lepidocephalus thermalis
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Nemacheilus pertrubanarescui
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Nemacheilus stigmofasciatus the one in centre
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ID Reqd: Nemacheilus sp.

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Post by mickthefish » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:23 am

Hi Madhu, nice to see you here. :D

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Post by madhu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:27 am

Thanks Mick!
I was indeed desperate for a positive ID on that Nemacheilus :P
Fella's got the patterns similar to a S. denisonii :? :roll:

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Post by mickthefish » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:47 am

i still think you need to do a profile shot for it to be possitive mate, there are so many that are similar to each other. :shock: :wink:

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Post by madhu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:13 am

Oh yaa.. will do it over the weekend mate.
You know what it takes to catch these little fellas from an established tank. :roll: :x

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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:16 pm

Hi Madhu, its great to see you here :D

Nice looking fish 8)
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Pardon my honesty - I am a Northerner

14 loach species bred, which will be next?

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Post by madhu » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:56 pm

Few more:

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Post by madhu » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:14 pm

Few more: :D

Schistura nielgriensis a.k.a Crimson loach
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Indoreonectes keralensis
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Post by random2 » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:15 am

Madhu,

Where was the S nielgriensis caught?
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Regards,
Deepak

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Post by madhu » Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:27 am

From Kerala Deepak.
Sounds pretty far away wrt distribution from where it was described originally.

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Post by madhu » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:57 pm

Bhavania australis collected from Papanasam, TN.
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Longischistura striata? Collected from Vaidegi falls, TN
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Schistura semiarmatus
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Schistura denisonii
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The Biotope:
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Travancoria jonesii collected from Valparai, TN
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Mesonemacheilus herreii
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Post by Mad Duff » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:35 am

Lovely fish and great photo's Madhu :D
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Post by madhu » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:39 am

Thanks Mate! :)

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Post by Jim Powers » Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:41 pm

Very nice!!
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Post by madhu » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:38 am

Schistura kodaguensis
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