ID - the second attempt.

Maire · Post by **Maire** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:52 am

A month ago I asked for help in identifying my loaches. Here - http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=12215
So, yesterday I made some new photos, they are not very good, but I hope they will do.
#1 - The loach from my previous topic

#2
Another unidentified loach

#3 three loaches happily nipping on a spirulina tablet and waiting for identification )))

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:18 am

Hi Maire,

Were these all bought at the same time, from the same batch?

To me, it looks like you have B. histrionica and B. almorhae.

See what everyone else thinks.

Emma

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:13 pm

I agree with Emma.

Maire · Post by **Maire** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:30 pm

Emma Turner wrote:Hi Maire,

Were these all bought at the same time, from the same batch?

To me, it looks like you have B. histrionica and B. almorhae. See what everyone else thinks.

Emma

Hi Emma,
Well, three of my loaches were bought together, then one more (on the second photo) came as a stowaway with an aquarium plant I had ordered from the same LFS a week later.

But they all are from the same batch.
I asked a staff member of the LFS about the patterns and found out that the loaches came to the LFS rather small in size - about 2.5 cm long, but none of them had ever had the distinctive "yoyo" markings.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:20 pm

hi Maire, do you Know if these fish were imported.
ive just got some wild ones and very few have the yoyo pattern in fact one looks like an elongated sidthimunki in pattern.
but i know for definite they are wild caughts.

mick

Maire · Post by **Maire** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:31 pm

mickthefish wrote:hi Maire, do you Know if these fish were imported.
ive just got some wild ones and very few have the yoyo pattern in fact one looks like an elongated sidthimunki in pattern.
but i know for definite they are wild caughts.

mick

Unfortunately, I don't Know if they were wild-caught. I know they were imported from China.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:41 pm

thanks then i would say they are probably wild. but your fish have got me confused.
the head of the fish Emma has said is histrionica looks more the shape of an almorhae.?

cheers
mick

Maire · Post by **Maire** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:54 pm

mickthefish wrote:thanks then i would say they are probably wild. but your fish have got me confused.
the head of the fish Emma has said is histrionica looks more the shape of an almorhae.?

cheers
mick

The loaches on the first and the second photos have a different body shape - they are not so deep in girth than the other two (only one of them is on the third photo, the other one was shy).
Their back are not so "curved" (I don't know if I can translate my idea correctly). They are also more slender - even after gobbling a neat bunch of tubifex.
3 of my loches are about 5.5 cm long, and one loach (photo #2) is a little bit smaller - about 4.5 cm.
p.s. Wow, my loaches seem to grow very quickly - about 1.5 cm in a month! )))

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:28 pm

Emma Turner wrote:Hi Maire,

Were these all bought at the same time, from the same batch?

To me, it looks like you have B. histrionica and B. almorhae. See what everyone else thinks.

Emma

Totally agree.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:44 am

hi Maire, i hope you don't mind me putting this pic up.
it's one of the almorhae that i picked up on sunday that looks like an elongated sidthimunki, i'm sure Emma's seen this kind of pattern but must admit it's a first for me.

thanks
mick

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:53 am

Almorhae are native of India, and Histrionica are native to both India and Burma

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