October 4th, 2012 — 9:07am
Type locality is ‘ Kapa, northwestern peninsular Thailand’, which may refer to modern-day Kapoe district, Ranong province, and additional records exist from other localities in Ranong as well as Phang-nga and Pattani provinces.
Although the precise extent of its distribution is unclear it appears to occur in river systems on both sides of the Tennaserim Hills in pen…
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October 3rd, 2012 — 4:17pm
Type locality is given as ‘Cedawáti [Vedawati] stream, headwaters of Krishna River near Heriuru, Mysore, India’, with the species currently considered to occur throughout India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and probably Bhutan.
It’s also been recorded in Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka although some or all of these reports may refer to other species.
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October 3rd, 2012 — 1:19pm
This species occasionally appears in the ornamental trade, usually as ‘striped hill trout’ or ‘banded hill trout’.
It can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: lateral line complete with 40-42 scales; barbels absent; 10-13 anal-fin rays; body with 9-11 dark blue vertical bars; last dorsal-fin ray extending to caudal-fin base.
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September 27th, 2012 — 8:50am
This species is traded under several names including ‘royal danio’, ‘blue-spotted hill trout’, and ‘blue-dotted mirror fish’.
It can be distinguished from congeners by possessing a single row of bluish-green spots along the length of the body, white margins on the dorsal and anal fins, 37-38+1 lateral line scales, and fleshy rudi…
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September 14th, 2012 — 9:30am
This fish was first collected in 2009 and limited numbers have been available in the aquarium trade. Though additional exports may be unlikely it’s proven easy to breed in captivity and there’s a fair chance it will become established in the hobby. It’s sold under several names including T. sp. ‘lemon’ or ‘yellow white cloud’, and has also been misidentified as the congener T. thacbaensis, a valid species occurring much further north in Vietnam.
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Burmese Red-tailed Garra
March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
A putatively undescribed species often imported and sold as G. sp. ‘burmanicus’. It first appeared in the trade during 2005 and has since been available on a sporadic basis, usually with a relatively high price tag. As well as its unique colour pattern, a primary diagnostic character is the presence of a proboscis-like rostral process between the eyes.
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False SAE
March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
Also known by the vernacular names ”black band garra’, ‘stone-lapping minnow’ or ‘false flying fox’ and continues to be traded as Garra taeniata, an invalid name synonymous with G. cambodgiensis.
It is often confused with those laterally-striped members of the genus Crossocheilus sold as ‘Siamese algae eater’ or ‘Siamese flying fox’, but in those species the dark lateral body stripe continues into the caudal-fin whereas in G. cambodgiensis it terminates…
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Rhino Garra
March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
The preciose function of the secondary rostrum remains unknown; some have suggested it may have some hydro-mechanical purpose but it’s perhaps more likely related to reproductiion and/or social interactions. Only males develop prominent rostra…
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March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
The type locality is located in a hilly area mostly comprising bamboo forest. At time of collection the water was clear, colourless and flowing at a moderate pace over a substrate of rocks and gravel. It was 1-2 metres wide and maximum depth was only 0.5 metres.
Due to the surrounding forest some stretches were shaded and others more open. Sympatric species included…
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March 13th, 2012 — 1:24pm
It can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: 61-68 scales in the lateral series; a small, well-defined, sometimes ocellated black spot on the shoulder and another in the centre of the caudal peduncle; body without longitudinal stripes formed by spots on scales; caudal fin uniformly dusky or colourless, lobes without stripes or black margins.
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Aphyosemion rectogoense
Many thanks cyprin, the image has now been removed.
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