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Posted: **Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:11 am**

8 rays for me as well, thats counting all the dorsal i'm not sure if they leave the first one out as it always states branched rays.

mick

Posted: **Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:00 am**

Agreed.

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:41 am**

Hi,
These are loverly little fish.

mack

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:49 am**

I was confused by the diffenerence on the nos of the markings as well.
Eventually, this lovely species is finally identified as Protomyzon pachychilus, a rare species from Guangxi Province in China. However, there's not much info about them, here's a simple description:

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?news=1277

Here's some pics provided by a collector at a local forum "Aquarecord" in China:

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:05 am**

You get a better understanding seeing these larger fish , from an ariel position

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:31 am**

Cool!!

Leo, could we use your pictures with your permission for the Loach Species Index? It would be much appreciated if you could.

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:56 am**

I would like to see a pic of the older loaches from side. They look very nice and I wish you luck and keep us informed

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:56 am**

Love, love, love this pictures. The pectoral fins make these little guys so gorgeous.

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:59 pm**

Wow! these loaches are fantastic!

Posted: **Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:27 pm**

Very nice looking fish. They look much nicer than the other Erromyzon (formerly Protomyzon) species I have seen or kept.
I wonder how much the pattern changes as they mature.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:32 pm**

Some more pics of Protomyzon pachychilus can be seen here: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum/sh ... hp?t=51675

Common name is Panda Loach, certainly is a stunning looking fish

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