Help with Loach identification

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clint
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Almost looks like its missing a set of fins behind the pectorals. The color is very different and the nose is also very different. Could it be a sort of sub species of striata yet to be recognized? I see to many differences when i compare it to mine.
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clint
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JonasBygdemo wrote:This picture popped up at a Swedish forum, and she wanted to know what it is. She said the she'd been googling on tigers, and suspected that it was some sort of tiger. It looks a bit like an S. Berdmorei, but I'm not 100% convinced that it is.

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This is better i hope a side by side comparison

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JonasBygdemo wrote:
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I still think it looks like Botia Dario:

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Kush
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Post by Kush »

Looks like a rostrata to me. http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age_medium
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JonasBygdemo
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I've finally been in contact with the owner, and she showed me some pics, and it is without a doubt Striata. Mystery solved! She said that it was really pale, and it didn't even look like the same fish in the new pics, but she said it was :D
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maybe its a mutant hybrid of both. dario and striata mwahahahahah..

as my striatas get older they have very pronounced lipstick red on the tip of their mouths.

i can't see that from the picture.
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LoachOrgy wrote:maybe its a mutant hybrid of both. dario and striata mwahahahahah..

as my striatas get older they have very pronounced lipstick red on the tip of their mouths.

i can't see that from the picture.
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