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Picked these little babies up!

Post by Munkee » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:10 pm

So I saw a nice looking bunch of hillstreams in the LFS and got three of them. They all have similar markings, but I was wondering is they infact Sewellia lineolata, or something else. I managed photos of two of them. The third is hiding. :?

They are fast little buggers!


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Post by Emma Turner » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:11 pm

Yes, they are Sewellia lineolata. 8) Nice find!

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Post by MoonPye » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:12 pm

Are these the ones that are commonly referred to by fish stores as 'butterfly loaches'?
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Post by Munkee » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:13 pm

MoonPye wrote:Are these the ones that are commonly referred to by fish stores as 'butterfly loaches'?
LOL funny you should mention that. They were labled as "butterfly plecos" in this particular store.

Thank you Emma for confirming the ID for me. :D
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Post by MoonPye » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:48 pm

I love their beautiful markings.
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Post by bullisbm » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:06 pm

They will now own you! I have to sit and watch them daily they are just fasinating fish.
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Post by mistergreen » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:14 pm

I recently heard them called 'tiger hillstream' or 'tiger butterfly hilstream'
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:24 am

"Butterfly" is a name that has traditionally been used to describe Beaufortia kweichowensis, but gets generally applied to other sucker-bodied Hillstreams too. It hardly makes positive ID any easier for people new to these fish.

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