Loaches Online Forum

Oh Emma are you sure, you didn't have to reserve all the stripey ones for me, but thanks so much. I really don't mind though if you would like him/her.

But I certainly wont turn you down

Be interesting to see what kind it is.

I'm sure. Your Gastromyzons are doing well in your tank and I think this chap may be out competed for food in my river tank, what with all the big Sewellias (the Sewellia sp 'spotted' are quite boisterous and greedy when food enters the tank).

Jim, do you have a little photo tank you could use just before you transfer your 'unknowns' to the main tank?

Emma

Emma, one of these days I will just have to end up moving to
England just to buy loaches from your shop.

Mike

Mike Ophir wrote:Emma, one of these days I will just have to end up moving to
England just to buy loaches from your shop.

Mike

Emma;
I have one of those little hang-on-tank acryilic containers that fish stores use before baging the fish. I'm sure you know what I mean.
I may try to use that to get pics of these guys if I do decide to move them. I'm really not looking forward to doing that though, since it will be difficult and may involve the breaking down of that tank.
If I break down before that and get a new camera, I may be able to get some good pics of them in their present home.

Just to let you all know, Dr Tan is on the case! He has some ideas, but he would like me to take some closer shots of the head and the underside to be sure. I will try for these this week.

Emma

Oops, now I see that You are in contact with Heok, already.

Hello Emma,

have You already studied this book?
Tan, H. H. (2006): The Borneo suckers. revision of the torrent loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae, Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon) – Kota Kinabalu, Natural History Publications (Borneo). vii, 245 p ISBN 9838121053

The spotted one looks similar to my Gastromyzon ctenocephalus and G. scitulus. Can You take a photo of the mouth structures from the ventral side?

Great fish anyway!

Gerhard

Emma Turner wrote:Just to let you all know, Dr Tan is on the case! He has some ideas, but he would like me to take some closer shots of the head and the underside to be sure. I will try for these this week.

Emma

Wow, cool. Let us know what the diagnosis is.

Mike

Here are some more shots of the Gastromyzon sp. which I will show to Dr Tan. Hopefully they will be good enough to aid in a certain ID.

Against a ruler for size (I make it just over 46mm TL):



and for those who prefer inches:



Some close-ups of the head:









Overhead view:



Underside:











Emma

Wonderful fish! Emma is that your flash reflecting yellow on it's cheek. or does it typically shine like that?

Awww there wonderful pics Emma, particularly like the 5th one down

plaalye wrote:Wonderful fish! Emma is that your flash reflecting yellow on it's cheek. or does it typically shine like that?

Many of the Bornean Gastromyzon will show this cheek reflection when photographed with flash plaalye. It seems to be some subcutaneous reflective material.

Martin.

I have one Gastro that has the reflection visible all the time or its more of a line, but its greenish.

Stunning fish Emma!

Thanks all!

I have just heard back from Dr Tan and he is confident this is Gastromyzon viriosus and believes these are only the 2nd set of life photos of this species since his Borneo Suckers book was published.

I will create a new profile for the species soon.

Emma

Emma Turner wrote:Thanks all!

I have just heard back from Dr Tan and he is confident this is Gastromyzon viriosus and believes these are only the 2nd set of life photos of this species since his Borneo Suckers book was published.

Excellent news! Where are the 1st set he mentions?