Is my loach definately a Yo-yo?

[GeeFish]

Hello there,

I've got a couple of what I believe to be Yo-yo loaches. One of which has definately got the distinctive Y's down the side, but the other hasn't. Is he/she definately a Yo-yo?



Any help appreciated.

Gee

[JonGuerriero]

My vote would be yes. The patterns are almost never the same and as the fish grows so will the markings.

[shari]

I agree, the yo yo pattern reticulates over time into very varigated patterns. The one with the changing pattern is probably just a more mature specimen. You will see the other begin to change as time passes.

[GeeFish]

Thanks for the replies peeps, was just checking to see if I had another species of loach that I hadn't heard of! lol

Gee

[newshound]

hey I really like the photo...with the slight background panning blurr.
The image would prob fall apart if it got bigger but that size really works.
mature yo-yos look so good

[Graeme Robson]

Nicely patterned one at that!