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Hello Everyone,

Just a small intro about me. I am Hobbyist and Native fish collector, explorer and commercial breeder of fish based in Bangalore. Here is a trip which happened at the start of this year, I know its a long time ago but I hope you all enjoy it.

People involved in this trip were me - Nikhil, Benjamin, Anja and Rajesh. It was more of a vacation to Coorg with a days collection planned. Coorg is the main Coffee production area in South India. Its about a 5 hour drive from Bangalore. We left Bangalore around 2a.m and reached the main gate of Nagarhole wildlife sanctuary at around 6a.m gates were still closed and the early morning entry guaranteed us seeing a bit of wildlife compared to later in the day. We were greeted by a group of the Indian Bison and saw wild dogs and chained elephants.

We there was no collection that day but collection happened the next day and here are pics from that. Apologies for the pics as there was no Photo tank in some cases.























Hope you enjoy.

Regards

Nikhil

Hi nikhilsood1. Welcome to LOL!

Thank you very much for the photograph of splendid fish.
They are very interesting!
The fourth hill stream loach is attractive for me in particular.

Very nice! Can you identify the species?
Like odyssey, I really like the hillstream.

Very interesting photographs!
The hillstream looks amazing. A new species from India??

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Guys,

Thanks a lot. Here is the ID on them.

1. Badis/Dario sp. 'Coorg' - Soon to be described
2. Badis/Dario sp. 'Coorg'
3. Badis/Dario sp. 'Coorg' & Lepidocephalus thermalis (This was a much slimmer and high bodied fish, I will post
pics of the preserved specimens)
4. Bhavania australis - XL (around 4" - 4.25")
5. Schistura nilgiriensis(foreground) & Schistura semiarmatus (background)
6. Schistura semiarmatus
7. Schistura nilgiriensis
8. Mix of Schistura semiarmatus & mostly Schistura nilgiriensis
9. Adult dead Schistura semiarmatus - Till date the most well coloured S. semiarmatus I have collected but it was just
floating around dead.
10. Mystus canarensis
11. Schistura semiarmatus

Awesome - thanks for sharing!

very exciting trip!!!wonderful fishes!

Thank you so much for sharing. What beautiful fish.

Please share more pictures from more of your trips and if you keep them at home, please let us see how they look in your tanks.

Really lovely fish and pictures. Thank you.