My hillstreams...Enjoy!

[Munkee]

I was ablt to get a few decent pics of my hillstreams. There is another one in there, that I can never get a photo of. I would also like to know what kind of hillies these are if anyone dares to guess.....

The other one looks similar to the lighter colored one oyou'll see in these photos, only there are stripes that are pretty thick, (makes him look like a zebra) down his back.

Sorry the last photo was blurry, it's hard to get them to sit still for long. I was not able to get a 2nd shot.

[Mad Duff]

The one on the right in the first picture looks like Gastromyzon scitulus, the one on the left in the same picture is almost certainly Gastromyzon stellatus.

second picture: Gastromyzon stellatus
third picture: Gastromyzon scitulus

The other one sounds like Gastromyzon ocellatus from your description.

[Jim Powers]

Nice hillies!
The darker one might be a Gastromyzon stellatus. The markings are a bit atypical for that species though. The lighter one is G. ctenocephalus.
The other fish you have might be one of these two species.
Check out all the pics in each profile and see what you think.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ga ... -ocellatus
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ga ... n-zebrinus

[Jim Powers]

Mad Duff and I must have been doing our posts at the same time.

[Mad Duff]

Jim - I said G scitulus for the fish in the first and last photos going by the tail, it has clear tips to the caudal fin with a hint of red whcih is similar to the G scitulus whereas all of my G ctenocephalus didnt have the clear tips the tails always had total black edges

[Munkee]

Thanks for the ID's on the other two, Jim & Duff. Much appreciated....

I did manage to get a shot of the other one I was talking about. It's not the best photo, but this one is a tough little fish to get pics of. My best guess is that it's Gastromyzon ocellatus.

[Jim Powers]

That's definately an ocellatus.
I thought ctenocephalus because of the relative uniformity of the spots. I would want to see the tail and dorsal extended to be sure.
It seems as if there are some scitulus that are much closer in appearance to ctenocephalus than others.
Maybe Munkee can observe them for a bit and report back.

[Munkee]

Ok, so the last one is ocellatus. I thought so but was not sure when I tried to ID it myself. I figured I should ask the experts.

Now back to other two shown together on the rock in the first photo, both of them have bright blue markings on the caudal and dorsel fins. I have to admit when I brought these litle ones home, I was pleasently supprised when I saw the brilliant blue markings on the dorsel and caudal fins. It's very pretty. Shame I cannot seem to get a photo of them. I'll keep trying.