Sumo Loach
October 6th, 2012 — 4:25pm
This species is quite uncommon in the aquarium hobby although its name is sometimes used in reference to the similar-looking, apparently undescribed congener S. cf. balteata, and both are also traded as ‘sumo loach’, ‘tri-banded sumo loach’, and ‘orange saddle-back loach’.
Following Kottelat (1990) it’s diagnosed by the following combination of characters: unique colour pattern consisting of two da…
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October 6th, 2012 — 2:21pm
This fish has been widely misidentified and sold as the congener P. tiantian and its vernacular name of ‘Burmese bumble-bee barb’ but actually appears to be an undescribed member of the genus Pethia.
This assemblage was erected by Pethiy…
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Glass Barb
October 5th, 2012 — 6:08pm
Probably a micropredator feeding on small insects, worms, crustaceans and other zooplankton in nature. In the aquarium it should accept dried foods of a suitable size but should not be fed these exclusively.
Daily meals of small live and frozen fare such as Daphnia, Artemia, Moina, etc., along with good quality flakes and granules will result in the best colouration and encourage the fish to come into breeding condition.
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October 5th, 2012 — 4:45pm
This species is traded for aquaria under various names including ‘butterfly barb’, ‘mackerel barb’, ‘green-barred danio’, and ‘royal opsarius’.
It can be told apart from other memb…
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October 5th, 2012 — 3:30pm
Type locality is ‘Mé-Nam River, Thailand’, with ‘Mé-Nam’ having been considered an older name for the Chao Phraya river in central and western Thailand prior to this species’ redescription by Tejavej (2012).
In fact ‘menam’ is the Thai word for ‘river’ and thus could refer to any drainage, and B. ornatus is restricted to…
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October 5th, 2012 — 11:52am
Inhabits well-oxygenated, low-to-medium gradient, slow to moderate-flowing rivers and streams with substrates of gravel, cobbles, larger boulders and exposed bedrock. At the habitat in our image pH was 7.5, temperature 26°C and cond…
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Malabar Baril
October 5th, 2012 — 10:42am
This species is traded very occasionally, sometimes under the alternative vernacular names of ‘river baril, ‘river carp-baril’, or ‘striated hill trout’.
It can be told apart from congeners by the following combination of characters: 1 pair of minute rostra…
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Manipur Baril
October 4th, 2012 — 4:55pm
Described from ‘Etok stream near Chanderkhong, southern watershed of the Naga Hills, Manipur, Assam’, located within the Chindwin River basin in northern India.
The Chindwin is the major tributary of the Ayeyarwady/Irrawaddy River and most of it flows within Myanmar although two of its own tributaries, the Manipur and Yu rivers, originate in the Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland.
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October 4th, 2012 — 3:07pm
This species may have appeared in the aquarium trade though probably not under the correct name.
It can be told apart from similar-looking congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of a black round spot at the caudal base; dorsal-fin rays black with connecting membranes transparent; posterior dorsal-fin origin located midway between upper angle of gill aperture and caudal-fin base, or slightly closer to the latter.
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October 4th, 2012 — 10:49am
Type locality is ‘Canara, southern India’, which corresponds to a coastal region of approximately 300 km in length covering several districts of Karnataka and Kerala states, southwestern India.
Rivers in this area drain the Western Gha…
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