Rosy Loach - a name found?
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Rosy Loach - a name found?
I think I may have found the identity of the Rosy Loach:
Yunnanilus discoloris Zhou & He, 1989
Described from Chenggong Co., 24°50'N, 102°45'E, Yunnan Prov., China.
Drawings of male and female in Zhou's Synopsis of Freshwater Fishes of China appear to match the Rosy Loach both in shape and pattern. Also, the name discoloris may pertain to one of the sexes being 'discoloured' as is the case in the Rosy Loach. Also, the title of the description of the species is:
A new species of dwarfism in Yunnanilus (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae)
and our Rosy Loach appears to be a dwarf!
Yunnan is not a million miles away from Myanmar!
Yunnanilus discoloris Zhou & He, 1989
Described from Chenggong Co., 24°50'N, 102°45'E, Yunnan Prov., China.
Drawings of male and female in Zhou's Synopsis of Freshwater Fishes of China appear to match the Rosy Loach both in shape and pattern. Also, the name discoloris may pertain to one of the sexes being 'discoloured' as is the case in the Rosy Loach. Also, the title of the description of the species is:
A new species of dwarfism in Yunnanilus (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae)
and our Rosy Loach appears to be a dwarf!
Yunnan is not a million miles away from Myanmar!
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Great work, Steve!
Your definitely on to something there. The little image on the right certainly looks like the Rosy.
http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/summary/S ... p?id=60452
Interesting to see that the Yunnanilus discoloris and a Yunnanilus sp come from the Lake Dianchi.

http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/summary/S ... p?id=60452
Interesting to see that the Yunnanilus discoloris and a Yunnanilus sp come from the Lake Dianchi.

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Here's a little PDF on Lake Dianchi >> http://www.ilec.or.jp/eg/lbmi/reports/1 ... ry2006.pdf
No Steve. No access here to Zhu's books.
No Steve. No access here to Zhu's books.


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Thanks. The silly thing is, is that had I bothered to look in the book at Yunnanilus months ago when this all started, we would have known this then!
He doesnt appear to give specifics about discoloris, but there is a key to the genus showing you how to differentiate the species, which no doubt would give us some kind of hard info to try and identify them. Unfortunately it is in Chinese!!!
The description of the species was in English but I dont have it.
Obviously I cant say for definite but based on all the evidence we have I would say they are discoloris.
He doesnt appear to give specifics about discoloris, but there is a key to the genus showing you how to differentiate the species, which no doubt would give us some kind of hard info to try and identify them. Unfortunately it is in Chinese!!!
The description of the species was in English but I dont have it.
Obviously I cant say for definite but based on all the evidence we have I would say they are discoloris.
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I dont have a scanner, and my camera will not take an accurate enough image of the chinese text so that someone could read and interpret it. The book is small, and the quality of the paper is not very good.
Yes, by all means use the image. You might want to erase the text at the top which refers to the species above them (not showing in the picture).
Yes, by all means use the image. You might want to erase the text at the top which refers to the species above them (not showing in the picture).
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