what kind of hillstream loach in this picture?

[borneo24]

Dear loach master... A month ago im going survey to looking for hillstream loach in the heart of borneo Indonesia. i found this. can you help me to identify..

[ClownLoachSharky]

It might be a new species! I don't know much about them myself but I'm sure people like Jim Powers or Martin Thoene can help you their. And by the way, you have a cool job

[borneo24]

thanks sir....
its pleasure for me to exploration river in the deep jungle to looking new species......
i dont have any job..so i be a fish trader..not a good job..but i had to do...i had family and must eat...hehehe..
i had a plane to looking a vendor to supply my fish to europe and america.......
some one can help me...???

[ClownLoachSharky]

You must send to Australia if you will send at all. . We lack in loaches here and can only get clowns pretty much.

[borneo24]

You must send to Australia if you will send at all. . We lack in loaches here and can only get clowns pretty much.

sure....why not..???
do u have facility to stock and supply to the whole sale..???
we can go to make a cooperation.

[ClownLoachSharky]

no, but i can contact a wholesaler for you to see if he is interested.

[borneo24]

no, but i can contact a wholesaler for you to see if he is interested.

ok thats ok...
it can work...u can do that...and we can make a business...

[ClownLoachSharky]

maybe. I will call company from Queensland during weekend and ask if they are interested.

[borneo24]

maybe. I will call company from Queensland during weekend and ask if they are interested.

thats good idea....
im ready to supply many kind of fish from Indonesia...esspecially from borneo...and no problem about the shipping... i had a shipping agent who handling shipping to the foreign .
maybe u can visit me in Indonesia...For holiday and do business....
you can add me to my FB erwins24@ymail.com

[ClownLoachSharky]

I won't be able to do business but can help you with finding wholesalers. I'm already quite busy

[Jim Powers]

Those are beautiful!!!
They are defiantly a species of gastromyzon, but I don't have any idea which one. This may be a new species or perhaps a variation in pattern on a recognized species.

[ClownLoachSharky]

I knew you would help jim

[Jim Powers]

At ClownLoachSharky:

After looking further in the book The Borneo Suckers by Dr. Tan Heok Hui the closest I can find is the species
Gastromyzon punctalatus. This is not to be confused with pics of that species in older publications. Dr. Tan properly identified several species that had been misidentified years earlier and he also discovered new species. The striped fish is a real beauty too, but its a mystery to me.
I'm sure Dr. Tan would be interested in seeing these pics. I don't think I still have his email address, though.

[borneo24]

thanks Jim....great job...
maybe u should contact Dr Tan for this
species....

[mattyd]

Oops, I posted the below in the wrong topic a few moments ago... I'll try again here:

Borneo24...

I know a fish store owner in Australia (Brisbane) who specialises in hard to find tropical species. The owner is like me and you and most others on here: they love botia loach species and the hillstream loach 'borneo sucker' species. I will talk to them about getting some special fish through you.

I know personally I would love about 6-10 of every little different type of borneo sucker / sewellia / gastromyzon that you can catch.

Matt

(edited because I had mispelled sewellia)