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I've finale got some pictures of 3 different patterns of the kubotai in my tank but are they all kubatai? the second kubotai looks really weird it's tail had 3 bands 2 connect and the third almost.







and i have this one:



is it a rostrata or a lohachata? the other lohachata i have are clearly lohachata bus this one i ain't so sure about it

That's a rostrata Mark. Your kubotai look very nice, but I'm thinking the middle one moght also be a rostrata.

Martin.

Ah, the debate starts again!

I'd say the 2nd one is definitely a B. rostrata and the last one could be a B. almorhae.

Nice fish, Mark.

Emma

i also have another oddball but can't take a picture of him since he really hits my camera...

but he looks like the one in the middle and has almost simelar markings of head and body but not the tail there are no bands but is just like the front of his body...

well i'm sure than my thank is housed by kubotai, lohachata, morletti and now for sure rostrata

are these oddball's due to bad breeding of nature way of giving us things to think and talk about?

I'm in agreement with Emma.

i have a loach just like your second pic. i bought it as an almorhae, but then the markings gradually are changing, and it wont hang out with them. Emma reckoned it was a rostrata, and i agree. i will reserve judgement on the last one though.

nature certainly gives us plenty to talk about, but remeber Angelfish's histrionica that Martin took off him? that suggested bad breeding. (Martin how they doing?)

I would say the second one is almost certainly B. Rostrata, I have one that looks almost identical to yours



The last one I would agree with Emma on and say its B. Almorhae, I have noticed with my Almorhae that once the pattern isnt perfect it starts altering and continues to alter and can end up looking really weird.

I agree that 1st one needing ID is rostrata, last image almorhae (as the taxonomy stands at the moment)

Mark can we have pictures of your wierd looking almorhae please? i always like to weird looking fish . mine have stayed fairly similarly patterned, but have differnt shades of colour to tell them apart.

helen nightingale wrote:Mark can we have pictures of your wierd looking almorhae please? i always like to weird looking fish . mine have stayed fairly similarly patterned, but have differnt shades of colour to tell them apart.

I will see what I can do Helen