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Beaufortia szechuanensis (FANG, 1930)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

At time of writing there exist 18 recognised members of the genus though only B. kweichowensis is well-known in the trade with B. szechuanensis unlikely to have been exported. According to Chen, Huang and Yang (2009) it can be distinguished from similar congeners by the following suite of characters: 1 branched and 17-20 simple pectoral-fin rays…

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Lepidocephalichthys sp. 'LE1'

Vietnamese Marbled Hog-faced Loach

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

This fish has only been traded on a handful of occasions to date. It's been referred to as Lepidocephalichthys cf. hasselti and Lepidocephalus cf. thermalis but appears to be an undescribed member of the former genus. Following a…

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Homalopteroides stephensoni (HORA, 1932)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

Tan (2009) redescribed H. stephensoni and it possesses the following unique character set: sub-inferior mouth with thin barbels; five principle, 12-13 secondary pectoral fin rays (usually 12); scaleless belly; pattern of keeled scales on anterior, dorsal portion of body consisting of a single central keel in the posterior third of each scale; 43-50 lateral line…

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Lepidocephalichthys furcatus (DE BEAUFORT, 1933)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

This species is not traded often but is occasionally available as bycatch among shipments of other species. It can be told apart from congeners most easily by the prominent, dorsally-orientated, roughly semi-circular lamina circularis in males, a feature unique within the genus. Other distinguishing characters include a combination of: forked caudal-fin; relatively small adult size; dark <-shaped mark at the base of the caudal-fin; a black spot at the base of branched caudal-fin rays 3-5.

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Lepidocephalichthys guntea (HAMILTON, 1822)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

This is one of the most frequently-traded members of the group and is an excellent choice for those new to keeping loaches. It’s distinguishable from congeners by a combination of characters including: rounded/truncate caudal-fin; a scaleless patch on top of the head; relatively large adult size; flanks with spotted patterning in females and a solid…

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Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum KOTTELAT & LIM, 1992

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

This species is not traded often but may be available occasionally bycatch among shipments of other species. It can be told apart from congeners most easily by the following combination of characters: truncate caudal-fin; scaleless patch on top of head; caudal-fin with reticulated patterning, sometimes appearing as a series of thin vertical bars; body reddish brown with darker markings; 3-7 predorsal and 3-6 postdorsal thin, transverse dark bars running across the dorsal surface; relatively deep…

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Lepidocephalichthys annandalei CHAUDHURI, 1912

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

Sand-dwelling loaches from the families Botiidae, Cobitidae and Nemacheilidae are also suitable but proper research is essential as some can be excessively territorial or otherwise aggressive.

A community based around fishes from its natural waters could include species such as Badis badis,…

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Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (BLYTH, 1860)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

This is one of the most frequently-traded members of the genus and is an excellent choice for those new to keeping loaches.

It’s distinguishable from congeners by a combination of characters including: relatively large adult size (to at least 80 mm SL); rounded/truncate caud…

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Acanthopsoides molobrion SIEBERT, 1991

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

Acanthopsoides spp. are most closely related to the horse-faced loaches of the genus Acantopsis with which they often co-occur in nature, and thus commonly referred to as 'dwarf horse-face loaches'. The genus currently comprises five species of which four were described by Siebert (1991); these were discovered in existing museum holdings…

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Homalopteroides nebulosus (ALFRED, 1969)

March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm

The genus Homalopteroides was revalidated by Randall and Page (2012) and is told apart from the related Homaloptera by the following character combination: dorsal-fin origin above pelvic-fin; ≤ 60 lateral-line scales; ≤ 30 predorsal scales; oral morphology consisting of two thin and widely separated rostral barbels on each side of the mouth, thin crescent-shaped lips, the absence of any structure such as a mental pad or lobes between the lateral portions of the lower lip, and a chin that extends anterior to the lateral portions of the lower lip.

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