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In The Pink

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

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:29 pm
by Martin Thoene
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.

Martin.

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:39 pm
by mamaschild
They're beautiful :D :D

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:47 pm
by Oscars+Loaches=Trouble
Lucky, my LFS never gets in any rare loaches anymore...

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:53 pm
by Graeme Robson
How interesting!

Great pictures and specimens, Emma. :D

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:28 am
by avant
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? :)

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:15 pm
by Emma Turner
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.

Emma

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:01 pm
by avant
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.

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:14 pm
by gulogulo
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

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:07 pm
by mikev
These are beautiful...
Martin Thoene wrote: Certainly one to spark MikeV's interest I would think.
No doubts....one day :)

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:27 pm
by Martin Thoene
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. :?

Martin.

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:29 pm
by Lotus
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.

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:49 pm
by lunasmile
they are unbelieveable, really good pics emma. :wink:

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:57 am
by Bagrus dude
These are not P. anguillaris (no nasal barbels), but P. doriae (nasal barbels).

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:46 am
by Martin Thoene
Oh cool. Thanks HH. I noticed those long nasal barbels and couldn't remember seeing such on P. anguillaris.

Martin.