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I might just order that book now!

Cheers Steve.

http://www.nhbs.com/title.php?tefno=148801

Graeme Robson wrote:I might just order that book now!

Cheers Steve.

http://www.nhbs.com/title.php?tefno=148801

Hi Graeme

I'll warn you, the book is very small, but quite thick. Not a bad book as it has pictures of some rare stuff, but a bit pricey. Its about £36 (plus p&p) from a German company:

https://www.koeltz.com

Thanks Steve. I often receive offers from Koeltz in the post. I've used them in the past. £36 plus p&p is much cheaper than £50+ p&p from nhbs.

Just a *bump* for the Annamia normani possibility's. (click on more pictures)

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Sp ... p?id=26830

Wonderful images as usual!

The.Dark.One wrote:Hi Emma

Great photo's as usual.

Looking at some of the vietnamese books i have, the Annamia looks like A. normani. The goby looks like Papuligobius ocellatus. The spotted 'Sewellia' sp. could be any of a list of similar new species described in a book:

S. songboensis
S. trakhucensis
S. medius / brevis
S. analis

Or any of the new Parasewellia sp described:

P. tetralobata
P. monolobata
P. polylobata

Hi Steve,

I first imported this species from Vietnam some 1 and a half years ago now and told the supplier that I thought these fish (which, at the time, were a 'one off' shipment) would be popular with hillstream loach enthusiasts. At that time, they were just listed as 'Homaloptera species' and Heok Hee Ng saw my pics and gave a definite ID of Annamia. Since then, I have always been under the impression that Annamia normani was the sole representative of the Annamia genus, so had assumed that was what I had. Do you know if this is still the case?

And thank you to you and others for the great comments about my photos.

Emma

Damn those are fantastic pics & some beautiful fish!!! I never tire of looking at loach pics

Thats settle that then Emma!

Species index update, here we come!

The.Dark.One wrote:The goby looks like Papuligobius ocellatus.

I forgot to say earlier, thank you very much for the ID on that goby Steve.

Whilst on the subject of gobies, would you have any idea what species these are?:





Came in via Singapore as "Freshwater Indo Rock Goby".

Many thanks,

Emma

They look very much like Rhinogobius duospilus

Cheers Mark, I had thought Rhinogobius of some sort, but they look whiter than all the R. duospilus I've had in before:



I realise that the females are not as colourful as the male pictured above, but still they always seem to be a bit more yellowish than these new ones and had slightly bigger markings on them.

They're pretty little gobies, whatever they are.

Emma

Emma Turner wrote:

The.Dark.One wrote:The goby looks like Papuligobius ocellatus.

I forgot to say earlier, thank you very much for the ID on that goby Steve.

Whilst on the subject of gobies, would you have any idea what species these are?:


Came in via Singapore as "Freshwater Indo Rock Goby".

Many thanks,

Emma

Your'e welcome!
At first galnce it looks similar to an undescribed Pseudogobiopsis or Pseudogobius sp from Indonesia. I'll do some more digging and come back to you.

Hi Emma

They are either an undescribed Pseudogobiopsis from Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea, or Eugnathogobius oligactis (previously in Pseudogobiopsis) from Indonesia.

Cheers
TDO

Emma Turner wrote: Since then, I have always been under the impression that Annamia normani was the sole representative of the Annamia genus, so had assumed that was what I had. Do you know if this is still the case?

And thank you to you and others for the great comments about my photos.

Emma

Hi Emma
There is another, see:

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... 9d9772f679

Cheers

The.Dark.One wrote:Hi Emma

They are either an undescribed Pseudogobiopsis from Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea, or Eugnathogobius oligactis (previously in Pseudogobiopsis) from Indonesia.

Cheers
TDO

You're a star, thanks very much!

Emma