March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm
Most records pertain to the Mekong River basin downstream of the Khone waterfalls in Laos and Cambodia, but this species is also known from some smaller river drainages in southern Thailand, including parts of the Mae Klong system. Type locality is ‘Khlong Fit at Ban Kraduk Chang, road 3157 from Trat to borai, about 2-3 kilometers after junction w…
Comment » | Category: Cypriniformes, Loaches
March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm
This rarely-traded species is a member of the H. ocellata ‘group’ of closely-related congeners, an assemblage which currently comprises H. ocellata, H. bilineata, H. confuzona, H. orthogoniata, H. ogilviei and H. parclitella. Following Tan and Ng (2005) these share possession of a colour pattern with reddish tints and dark brown head markings, elongate head, slightly compressed body, 61-77 lateral line scales and dorsal-fin origin placed in advance of pelvic-fin origin.
Comment » | Category: Cypriniformes, Loaches
Jinshaia sinensis (SAUVAGE & DABRY DE THIERSANT, 1874)
March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm
This species may not yet have been seen in the aquarium trade outside its native country but has been maintained by a few private collectors.
There are currently three species recognised in the genus, all endemic to the Yangtze river drainage, and they’re separated from other balitorids by a combination of characters including: relatively long, deeply-forked caudal-fin; roun…
Comment » | Category: Cypriniformes, Loaches
March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm
Current knowledge suggests that H. formosanus is the most widely-distributed and following Chen and Fang (2009) it can be distinguished by the following suite of characters: 3+7 dorsal-fin rays; 10-12 pectoral-fin rays (modally 11) +9-11 (modally 10)…
Comment » | Category: Cypriniformes, Loaches
Saddle-back Loach
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
This species appears is rare in the aquarium hobby with the majority of images both online and in the published literature instead depicting H. confuzona or H. parclitella. All three are members of the H. ocellata ‘group’ within the genus which currently contains H. ocellata, H. bilineata, H. confuzona, H. orthogoniata, H. ogilviei and H. parclitella.
Following Tan and Ng (2005) these share possession of…
Comment » | Category: Cypriniformes, Loaches
Site improvements
Got it! Thanks for the update. It's good to know that Seriously Fish is working on improving the site's performance and addressing the email and forum...
21st Nov 2024
Responsive design
Nice
13th Nov 2024
Responsive design
it is a complete malfunctioning horror on iphone and ipad.
10th Nov 2024
Major Changes in New World Cichlid Taxonomy
Reclassification of Genera: Several genera have been reclassified or merged. For example, the genus Cichlasoma has been split into multiple genera, an...
6th Nov 2024
Aphyosemion rectogoense
Many thanks cyprin, the image has now been removed.
31st Oct 2024