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Post by Emma Turner » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:20 pm

I thought I'd post some photographs of the Kuhli Loaches I imported last week. They came via a supplier from Singapore, and were listed as "Pink Coolie Loach (Pangio kuhli)," which they clearly are not. The colouration is a wonderful iridescent pinky-lilac, and we do believe that it is natural colouring, and nothing sinister. They are shaped just like Pangio anguillaris and spend a lot of their time hidden in the sand. Any ideas on ID anyone?

These are only about 2-3mm wide, and maybe 10-14cm long (some longer than others):
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They are in with some small severums, which are actually completely ignoring them:
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There's also some very small Schistura savona in this tank, which shows the size comparison quite nicely:
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Close-up:
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As I said earlier, most of them tend to hide away under the sand or under the bogwood. Here I took a quick shot just as I got Steve to lift out the bogwood, hence the mad scramble:
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Very l-o-n-g:
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Another mad scramble in the corner - overhead view:
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Another close-up:
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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:29 pm

Wow Emma, pretty spectacular. To my eyes, they look like a naturally occuring colour variation of Pangio anguillaris. Rather Pretty In Pink, but they appear to have dark eyes, so not albino.

Certainly one to spark MikeV's interest I would think.

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Post by mamaschild » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:39 pm

They're beautiful :D :D
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Post by Oscars+Loaches=Trouble » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:47 pm

Lucky, my LFS never gets in any rare loaches anymore...
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Post by Graeme Robson » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:53 pm

How interesting!

Great pictures and specimens, Emma. :D
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Post by avant » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:28 am

Looks like the ones that I got locally (in Singapore) a few years back. The last one died recently :(

Been trying to get hold of them again but didn't see them around.

Emma, is it okay to message me privately which supplier did you get them from? :)
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Post by Emma Turner » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:15 pm

Thanks everyone, these really are just the most stunning kuhli's I've ever seen 8) .

avant - following our pm's I hope that the supplier was able to let you know of shops in your area who they supply. I did notice that they were not on this weeks 'specials' list, so I think I was probably very lucky to get them.

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Post by avant » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:01 pm

Hi Emma, thanks for the help. I might be going down to the area to take a look. There are a few farms there, with some of them that cater to walk-in customers. So I might try my luck there and see if that supplier will entertain me as well :)

And positive IDs yet? I suspected that they were Pangio anguillaris but they seem much longer than usual.
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Post by gulogulo » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:14 pm

I just spotted a bunch at the lfs so they have made it to the US as well. I may have to pick some up next week. :D
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Post by mikev » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:07 pm

These are beautiful...
Martin Thoene wrote: Certainly one to spark MikeV's interest I would think.
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:27 pm

Hey Emma. I was telling Harold about these yesterday. Now he's kicking himself because he saw them on the list but didn't know what they were exactly, so never ordered them. :?

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Post by Lotus » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:29 pm

It looks a little like Pangio pangia (cinnamon loach). For some reason it doesn't look like the anguillaris I have, but I may have misidentified mine.
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Post by lunasmile » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:49 pm

they are unbelieveable, really good pics emma. :wink:
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Post by Bagrus dude » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:57 am

These are not P. anguillaris (no nasal barbels), but P. doriae (nasal barbels).
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:46 am

Oh cool. Thanks HH. I noticed those long nasal barbels and couldn't remember seeing such on P. anguillaris.

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