Loach ID needed - I think it is a dwarf

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Loach ID needed - I think it is a dwarf

Post by milalic » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:44 pm

Hi there. I have had this loaches for around a month or so. They are from Myanmar. They came as tuberoschistura_sp. There current size is around 3/4". They seem to me like they are dwarf loaches.

Any ideas what they are?

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http://www.invertzfactory.com/images/tu ... istura_sp/

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Pedro

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Post by Thomas » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:36 am

Hi Pedro,

I would say it looks like a Lepidocephalichthys sp.

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Post by Mad Duff » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:46 am

I would agree with Thomas, most likely Lepidocephalichthys sp.

Lovely high dorsal fin :)
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Post by milalic » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:06 am

To me it looks very similar to this one but different coloration:

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Photos/Pic ... at=species

but I am not an expert on loaches.
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Pedro

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Post by Thomas » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:28 am

Take a look at the fins, your loaches have markings in their fins, the tuberoschistura in your link has clear fins.

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Post by milalic » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:17 pm

Thomas wrote:Take a look at the fins, your loaches have markings in their fins, the tuberoschistura in your link has clear fins.
I am not saying is the same. I am takling about body shape in the comparison. The loach I have seem to be quite small...
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Pedro

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Post by mickthefish » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:26 pm

i will go with the other two lads and say Lepidocephalichthys Pedro,
the body is shorter and stumpier the eye's are large and set more towards the snout and the peduncle is broader.
there are a few species that don't get very big, thermalis being one of them but yours is not that species.

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Post by piggy4 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:41 pm

Is it possible these are a type of Kottelatlimia sp/ :?:

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Post by milalic » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:57 pm

piggy4 wrote:Is it possible these are a type of Kottelatlimia sp/ :?:
Maybe kottelatlimia pristes
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Post by Mad Duff » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:43 pm

Kottelatlimia pristes usually has a black spot on the top of the caudal peduncle next to the caudal fin and also tends to have a more elongated snout.
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Post by milalic » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:04 am

can I call them Lepidocephalichthys sp. uknown?
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Post by mickthefish » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:47 am

i would for the time being Pedro. :wink:

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Post by piggy4 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:18 pm

Hi Mark , I agree about the Pristies cenario , I was wondering if they might possibly be an unnamed Kottelatlimia sp/ ? aren't kottelatlimia's differensiated by the pectoral fins , differing from Lep's ?

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