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Mad Duff
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Schistura sp

Post by Mad Duff » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:00 am

I picked up these 3 Schistura's yesterday, they were on sale as Giant Banded Sumo Loach :shock:

I think there are definitely two different species but not sure which :?

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14 loach species bred, which will be next?

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Post by daspricey » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:23 am

Nice! 8)

Possibly Schistura waltoni or schistura notostigma?

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Post by Emma Turner » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:53 am

There are a couple of species I've seen recently with common names of a variation on the 'sumo loach' nametag, those being Schistura carbonaria and Schistura cf chapaensis. Of course this may mean nothing, but could be a starting point. Nice find, MD! 8)

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Post by Ashleigh » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:28 am

Nice looking Schistura sp's

No idea on the species, although one with the bands that don't go round the entire dorsal surface look a bit like what I bought as 'red tail loach' a few years back, I remember I had it down as Schistura carbonaria but not definate by any means.

A great find all the same :mrgreen: Looking foward to some more pic's :wink:


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Post by Tinman » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:37 am

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