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newbe007
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I need a loach ID plz.

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My life is spining out of control, my equallibrium is off.... all because i dont know what kind of loach it is.... it was labled as a spoted bar loach but i dont trust that store.

http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff1/ ... ng0039.jpg


HELP MEEEEE!!! :(

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its not but looks more like the 2ed ty
My loaches.
-2 hillstreams l -2 clown loaches
-2 tiger loaches l -1 unknown
-1 yo-yo l
-1 poka dot botia l
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From the pictue it looks kind of like this: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ac ... er%20loach
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not realy
but kinda
My loaches.
-2 hillstreams l -2 clown loaches
-2 tiger loaches l -1 unknown
-1 yo-yo l
-1 poka dot botia l
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Post by Blue »

I would agree on Jim's guess. If you have time, check Species Index and get even clearer close-up shots if you want your loach to be properly identified.
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Thw first one thats it!!! :D
My loaches.
-2 hillstreams l -2 clown loaches
-2 tiger loaches l -1 unknown
-1 yo-yo l
-1 poka dot botia l
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Post by Emma Turner »

I think Jim is on the money with either Nemacheilus masyai or N. pallidus. That specimen is without a black basal caudal mark, known to Schistura species. Instead it seems to have the typical roundish black spot at the posterior extremity of the lateral line seen with Nemacheilus. I think the tail might be forked too, but it is difficult to tell from that pic.

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