Botia ID

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:08 pm

i am going to swing both ways on this.

in that first picture, the one that graeme copied, the one at the top looks like my rostrata.

the first one i bought was in with yoyos, and looked like an unusually marked one, and grew out to look very different. 2nd one i got looked rostrata like, and was the last one left. it looks quite different too.

then i got 4 juveniles, and a couple looked similar to the histies??? in that picture. as they are growing, they keep changing. i must get round to getting my scuba gear on and scrubbing the algae off the bottom inch of the tank to get better photos.

it would be good to see more photos of these fish as they get bigger. incidently, how big is that yoyo in picture 5? it looks like it has pretty markings

bslindgren · Post by **bslindgren** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:40 pm

It gets scary when you guys can't agree! Thank goodness I have neither.....

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:20 pm

the histrionica/rostrata debate is ongoing since ancient times...

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:44 am

Botia histrionica, I would say.

Emma

jpw · Post by **jpw** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:17 am

3 year i have keep those fish. B. Histrionica i bought. Picture 5 yoyo is over 12cm long. First 4 pic. are juveniles in year 2005 and 2 last picture in last week.

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:59 am

This is a tricky one , I'd say out of the three on the pic the bigger one on the right was a Histrionica , not sure about the others ?

jpw · Post by **jpw** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:16 am

new pic

is this B. rostrata?

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:33 am

I would say so, I have a couple of rostrata with nigh on identical patterns.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:49 am

yup i agree also, how big are these fish btw.

mick

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:31 am

Did you buy this rostrata at the same time as the others jwp

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:47 am

That is a Rostrata !
I think there might have been some confusion when there are more than one fish in the pic ?

The first pic with the three on it , I would say the two bigger fish are Histrionica ! the smaller fish ?

jpw · Post by **jpw** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:02 pm

Smaler is about 8cm long and other in about 9cm.
No I didn't buy B. rostrata in same time whith those two.

helen nightingale · Post by **helen nightingale** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:11 pm

in picture 1, i would say its a rostrata on the right.

they are beautifull fish you have. its good to hear about more big yoyos, they are wonderfully marked that sort of size

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