Loaches Online Forum

Thanks for the info guys. Very enlightening. (P. cheni is definitely not my fish, so if P. cheni=P. myersi, then the ID by Axelrod must be faulty) One thing's for sure, my little Beafortia has introduced me to a fascinating group of fishes that I had never encountered before. I foresee a dedicated h...

Thanks for the interest Gary... I've been checking out some more pics of other people's Beafortia sp. It does seem that my "Squigee" is indeed a B.k. If you ever see the book "Aquarium Fishes of the World" by Dr.Axelrod you might be interested in the picture & description of P. myersi... Very simila...

Thanks for the links... (already checked those out though). I've created a gallery called "User Galleries/p_fish/P.myersi?" on loachtank.com. If you check the pics out, please let me know if you recognize my fish. Thanks!

I've got a cute little hillstream loach which was erroneously labeled a "Butterfly Pleco" ( Peckoltia pulcher ) by my local pet shop. With a little research, I deduced that it was actually a hillstream loach. It appears to be what Dr. Axelrod calls a "Myer's Hillstream Loach" ( Pseudogastromyzon mye...