Half-banded Loach
January 8th, 2013 — 12:44pm
This species is seen in the aquarium trade on a relatively frequent basis and is sometimes sold as ‘bicolor loach’ in the United States.
It can be distinguished from congeners by its unique colour pattern comprising 9-10 thin, yellowish bars on a dark background in the upper part of the body, and plain whitish colouration in the lower portion.
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Grizzled Loach
January 6th, 2013 — 8:58pm
This species has been collected for the aquarium hobby, albeit in small numbers at time of writing, but its identity is unclear.
Though obtained from close to the type local…
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January 6th, 2013 — 7:26pm
During collections of the type series stream width was found to vary seasonally but was never wider than 9.1 metres. Water depth was 10-40 cm, flow rate 20-70 cm/s−1, and substrates comprised small to medium-sized rocks.
Water temperature was seasonally variable but always within the range 20-26°C/68-78.8°F, pH was 6.5-7.9, oxygen 7.4-8.5 mg/l−1, ammonia, nitrate and total iron were 0.01, < 0.03 and < 0.5 mg/l−1, respectively, and alkalinity was aro...
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January 6th, 2013 — 6:57pm
The identity of this fish is unclear but it has been traded as Schistura scaturigina M’Clelland, 1839 but does not appear to be that species based on its original description plus Vishwanath and Laisram (2001).
The latter describe S. scaturigina as possessing a yellowish-white body with 12 transverse, triangu…
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January 6th, 2013 — 12:58pm
Type locality is ‘India: Mizoram: Muthi River, a tributary of Tuirial River in vicinity of Zemabawk, Aizawl, 23°44′ 54″ N 92°45’27” E’, and to date this species is known only from the Muthi system.
The Muthi is an affluent of the Tuirial River which is itself a tributary of the Barak watershed. The Barak is one of the great rivers of southern Assam and forms part of the Surma-Meghna River System.
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Laos Redtail Loach
January 6th, 2013 — 12:46pm
The identity of this fish is unclear but it has been traded as S. sp. ‘Laos redtail’.
Schistura is the most species-rich genus among nemacheilid loaches with some 190 members and it continues to grow with over 100 having been described since 1990. It may repre…
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Ring Loach
January 6th, 2013 — 12:06am
The identity of this fish is somewhat unclear although it’s available in the aquarium trade on an occasional basis.
It’s been considered to represent various species including Schistura beavani, S. montana and S. himachalensis but there exi…
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January 4th, 2013 — 10:28am
The name of this fish is unclear with the fact that diagnoses for several members of this genus do not appear to exist in the English language making identification even trickier. It’s not common in the aquarium trade, either.
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January 2nd, 2013 — 2:25pm
Homalopteroides spp. are specialised micropredators feeding on small crustaceans, insect larvae and other invertebrates.
In captivity some sinking dried foods may be accepted but regular meals of live or frozen Daphnia, Artemia, bloodworm, etc., are essential for the maintenance of good health.
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January 2nd, 2013 — 9:51am
H. sexmaculata is very similar to H. leonardi but can be told apart since it possesses 2 simple and 12-14 branched pectoral-fin rays (versus 6 simple and 11 branched rays). Both of these species are sometimes misidentified as H. yunnanensis which has 7 simple and 12 branched pectoral-fin rays.
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Many thanks cyprin, the image has now been removed.
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