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Marbled Hog Loach - Lepidochepalichthys thermalis - can anyone tell me about this guy? How big, etc
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- Martin Thoene
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Here you go Wendie........
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/le ... -thermalis
This is a recently imported species so specifics aren't really known, but generally the care will be the same as for other Lepidocephalichthys. Graeme has the ones in the pictures so i'm sure he can chip in with observations.
Martin.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/le ... -thermalis
This is a recently imported species so specifics aren't really known, but generally the care will be the same as for other Lepidocephalichthys. Graeme has the ones in the pictures so i'm sure he can chip in with observations.
Martin.
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Hi Wendie,
The photo shows a schistura, perhaps a Manherti, or any of the several similar looking species (e.g. Poculi). Not a thermalis.
I got six of these thermalis chaps on Tuesday. Mine are small (1.25"-1.5"), probably will double in size eventually...if survive. Still mostly hiding, but seem to be eating flakes et al from the ground.
One of these things:
The photo shows a schistura, perhaps a Manherti, or any of the several similar looking species (e.g. Poculi). Not a thermalis.
I got six of these thermalis chaps on Tuesday. Mine are small (1.25"-1.5"), probably will double in size eventually...if survive. Still mostly hiding, but seem to be eating flakes et al from the ground.
One of these things:
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If it is from Myanmar and Salween basin, it may be a young Schistura vinciguerrae? Compare photo of pattern in Inland Fishes of Myanmar. Not showing red in fins though.Wendie wrote:Thanks. I'm still trying to track down this little guy. I thought it might be that one but although they are similar there is a difference.
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What do you think about Schistura bella, Steve? Wrong location, but that's not to say the supplier holding the Rosy Loaches didn't get stuff from elsewhere too, and as we know, fish can jump...
There are several similarities with the pictures and description in Kottelat's Indochinese Nemacheilines book.
Emma
There are several similarities with the pictures and description in Kottelat's Indochinese Nemacheilines book.
Emma
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Hi EmmaEmma Turner wrote:What do you think about Schistura bella, Steve? Wrong location, but that's not to say the supplier holding the Rosy Loaches didn't get stuff from elsewhere too, and as we know, fish can jump...
There are several similarities with the pictures and description in Kottelat's Indochinese Nemacheilines book.
Emma
Yeah, it does look like the holotype of bella. You could be onto something there.
I would say the little guy is about 1 1/4 inches in size and since I've had it several months I doubt if it will grow anymore. It also added some girth to it's body but nothing like a kuhli does.
It spends a lot of time atop the wood and has several crevices which it will dart into when frightened. It also spends a lot of time sitting on the bottom gravel directly underneath the outflow of the AQ filter. He moved from one tank to another via an internal filter.
Each time, the fish have come in with a load of rosy loaches. When I first saw him I thought that it might be a female rosy but then he became longer and acted different than the rosy loaches.
He's currently hiding so when he comes out I'll check the dorsal but I think it's clear.
It spends a lot of time atop the wood and has several crevices which it will dart into when frightened. It also spends a lot of time sitting on the bottom gravel directly underneath the outflow of the AQ filter. He moved from one tank to another via an internal filter.
Each time, the fish have come in with a load of rosy loaches. When I first saw him I thought that it might be a female rosy but then he became longer and acted different than the rosy loaches.
He's currently hiding so when he comes out I'll check the dorsal but I think it's clear.
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