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	Mystery loach - help me identify it!
myrra Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Registered: 15-Aug-2007	I currently have this single loach in my aquarium, and I've had him for so long I can't remember what his common name is. http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5295/stp62930ms9.jpg Hopefully that picture will do good enough. He's about two and a half inches long, and doesn't seem to have a preference for being awake at day or night. Any ideas? Thanks. ^^;
Posted 16-Aug-2007 03:02
ScottF Fish Addict Addiction Hurts!! Posts: 542 Kudos: 330 Votes: 355 Registered: 28-May-2007	It looks to me like you have an Acanthocobitis botia, or zipper loach.... see the top fish in our profiles... Nice lookin lil feller....
Posted 16-Aug-2007 03:37
myrra Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Registered: 15-Aug-2007	I saw that guy, yeah. But I'm not very convinced that they're the same thing, the patterning seems way too different to me...
Posted 16-Aug-2007 03:58
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	the only thing i can think of is a botia eos. Aver yrare breed, but has a similar coloration.
Posted 16-Aug-2007 04:01
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	To me it looks like a Schistura corica or geisleri. One of the hillstream loaches from india.
Posted 16-Aug-2007 04:05
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I know I've seen that exact loach before on loaches.com but I entirely forget what it was under or even what I was looking for at the time. Here try the new pictorial species search on there:http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pictorial-species-search-index/pictorial-species-index-body-shape-pictures
Posted 16-Aug-2007 05:51
myrra Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Registered: 15-Aug-2007	I think you guys are right that it is some kind of Schistura, maybe the schistura corica or beavani. Not sure, but thank you all for pointing me in the right direction. ^_^
Posted 16-Aug-2007 08:14


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