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HaakonH
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Post by HaakonH » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:57 pm

Hi all,

I came across this at a Japanese site, and I find it really nice. But what is it?

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Post by Mark in Vancouver » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:59 pm

Very good question! It looks like a Botia species, but ... ??
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Post by HaakonH » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:02 pm

Yeah I know...I thought I'd seen most of them, but this one is just different...

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Post by Emma Turner » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:04 pm

It has the shape of a juvenile Botia dario. But those markings......?

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Post by Jim Powers » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:13 pm

The head shape definately looks like dario to me.
I have seen many oddly marked darios lately, but this is the extreme.
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Post by mickthefish » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:13 pm

i might be wrong but hybrid comes to mind.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:35 pm

Certainly a Botia dario with unusual markings or a Hybrid crap thing!

Looks active also....(high sprung dorsal...etc)
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Post by mickthefish » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:47 pm

my sentiments graeme. haha

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Post by bslindgren » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:50 pm

What did they call it? Something with Japanese characters?
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Post by tariesindanrie » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:06 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Looks like a dario-yo-yo or something. Beautiful fish, though.

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Post by HaakonH » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:21 pm

Here's the link, scroll down almost to the end:

http://aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/minim ... a-top.html

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Post by Graeme Robson » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:42 pm

HaakonH wrote:Here's the link, scroll down almost to the end:

http://aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/minim ... a-top.html

-Haakon
Another sales gimmick that makes people think it's something speical..... :roll:

Thanks anyways for showing us this, HaakonH.
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Post by zmo63 » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:50 pm

looks like the site is calling it a "dragon loach" - if that helps...
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Post by HaakonH » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:56 pm

Yeah, it sure looks interesting whatever it is.

I'm more of a pl*co enthusiast myself, thats why I keep a close eye on that site, among others. With pl*cos, the Japanese sell each individual for a certain price, depending on it's beauty. The more striking, the more expensive they are. Pl*cos, and I'm mainly talking about Hypancistrus species here, often vary a lot in appearance. This results in some very striking oddities on the market, and these are usually shipped to Japan because of their value there.

I guess this Botia may be another example of this. Perhaps it's a weird looking dario which ended up in that store because they are big on oddities...just a thought :)

The coolest thing would be if this is a new species because it sure looks nice.

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Post by daspricey » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:49 pm

Could it be something like a leptobotia or a parabotia?

I first though dario too!

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