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nice photo , nice tank and nice fish.....

In China...we call it “Purple Leptobotia” ... but the color of mature fish is golden and black... the young baby may be purple... Scientific name: Leptobotia taeniops (Suavage, 1878) Common name: Purple Leptobotia Distribution: “Changjiang”river ，China. In conclusion “vivacious locah and have a good...

in local market....it is a edible fish...

it is not a shy loach,
and can accept many kinds of food.
it often stay in a small flowerpot....and doesn't attack other fish...

nice horsefaces!
that is my favor too....especially it's face..

Blue wrote:How many do you have? Lovely!:shock: I'd love a group of these. Mmmm!!!

sorry....juest one...
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Hope you like it...
Parabotia banarescui (Nalbant)
come from "Changjiang" river in China

the last one is Vanmanenia pingchowensis

“By the way, I think the Chinese Protomyzons have been reclassified as Erromyzon”
－－in fishbase，they call it “Erromyzon sinensis ”

Thanks starsplitter7 Emma Turner and Jim Powers ...

the fish with the red on its side is Protomyzon .sp

the other are
Lepturichthys and Oreonectes

and there is a Gobiobotia ichangensis Fang ，but it isn't a loach...

another fish... http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080605_827d65a18b7894ccc860kBeQrGtJV05T.jpg http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080605_ff3339346ffb1e1a53125kr5miCe48zt.jpg http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080605_cef09a3dea60673c76522sdLrUqSON...

my fish....all of them came from my motherland－－China hope you like them.... :wink: http://http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080604_f0e06a57b4c8e7fb0a06jvjEfrjZ92wN.jpg http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080604_bad49c0273e7bdd1a1e3tQre2ISoex3Q.jpg http://www.cnwa...

Hi，every new friend，i am a new guy in this forums，but hillstream is my favor....just like everyone here... :P http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080604_661b3cffcba2fda9b6d05y4XKAvRM5et.jpg http://www.cnwaters.com/bbs/attachments/month_0806/20080604_c45b330c72b3e2febd20t0ShKVfDlNaT....