Results for “suborbital flap”
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Paracanthocobitis pictilisCherry-fin Loach
Kottelat, 2012
Max length91mm SL3.6in SLTank90 × 30cm36 × 12inTemp21–26°C70–79°FpH6.5–7.5Prior to description this species was considered to represent, and traded as, A. rubidipinnis, but that species is apparently endemic to the lower Irrawaddy basin in Myanmar and unknown in the aquarium hobby. Male individuals of A. pictilis, A. botia and A. mandalaysensis possess a suborbital slit rather than suborbital flap which immediately distinguishes...
Schistura hypsiuraSuper Convict Loach
Bohlen, Ŝlechtová & Udomritthiruj, 2014
Max length73mm SL2.9in SLTank80 × 30cm31 × 12inTemp18–24°C64–75°FpH6.0–7.5It can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal peduncle deep, ≥ the deepest part of the remainder of the body; no dorsal or ventral skin crests along the caudal peduncle; caudal-fin deeply forked, the outermost principal rays in the upper and lower lobes more than twice the length of the innermost: suborbital flap in males present; a well-developed suborbital groove in females; 6–8 very regular bars along the flank.