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Picked these little babies up!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:10 pm
by Munkee
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!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:11 pm
by Emma Turner
Yes, they are
Sewellia lineolata.
Nice find!
Emma
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:12 pm
by MoonPye
Are these the ones that are commonly referred to by fish stores as 'butterfly loaches'?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:13 pm
by Munkee
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:48 pm
by MoonPye
I love their beautiful markings.
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:06 pm
by bullisbm
They will now own you! I have to sit and watch them daily they are just fasinating fish.
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:14 pm
by mistergreen
I recently heard them called 'tiger hillstream' or 'tiger butterfly hilstream'
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:24 am
by Martin Thoene
"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.
Martin.