Loaches Online Forum

Good evening!
After several attempts to find a listing or any other information regarding African loaches, I joined up in hopes that someone might be able to at least point me in the right direction. Does anyone know of where I can find a list of the loaches indigenous to Africa? especially central Africa (Dem. Rep. of Congo)?

I have a planted African biotope tank that I am trying to diversify the tank a little bit and thought a loach or too might be a nice addition.
Currently I have:

• 2 Polyperus delhezi
  1 albino P. senegalus
  1 Ropefish
  1 Pantodon buchholzi (African butterfly fish)
  2 mastcembelus moorii (African spiny eel)
  1 African brown knife fish
  2 Ctenopoma acutirostre (African Bush Fish)

I am looking for a couple more African butterfly fish, and Ropefish and an Ornate bichir

Many thanks for any assistance anyone can provide in my search for information about African loaches!

I literally had no idea there was such thing as an African loach.

Yes, there are loaches in Africa, but in the East only (Nile, rather than Congo). I don't think anyone ever got them, no export from Egypt/Sudan/Ethiopia.

I had read that there were a few species, but I could not find any where what those species were.
Sounds like they are pretty much impossible to obtain, so I guess I will cross that idea off of my list.

Thanks for the confirmation

Afronemacheilus, google for more, buy the 2013 revision article if interested.