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Well!......I was expecting to see one of the local races of Skunks where juveniles have light vertical striping.......but this is something different.

Please, please don't tell me this is not another Czech bio-engineering project? That fish looks just plain weird. Elements of Skunk and Syncrossus sp.

Martin.

I have no idea what that thing is....did not dare to even guess... I'll ask the seller for the scientific name.

If it was a pure Yasuhikotakia morleti at the stated size it ought to have far less defined stripes or have lost them completely.

You might want to ask the country of supply.

Martin.

I also asked him for anything else he knows about them. If I get a reply, I'll post it here.

Among other creative names in current Aquabid entries are Borneo Loach (actually Beaufortia) and Red Tail Tiger Loach (actually Schistura Sp.)....

No luck; he does not know (got them locally).

I would say that is a very poor looking Loas Yellow Tiger, quite possibly a slight deformity looking at the hump just in front of the dorsal fin.

It is quite fat compared to the photo's in the species index but the stripes would seem to be about right, it looks to be in poor health or stressed to have lost its colour that much

Looks a bit like a juvenile Leconte ! if it happens to be Czech then its not worth talking about, because it wont be a fish , it will be two fish !

Yeah it does look similar to a juvenile Yasuhikotakia lecontei.

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... 0.jpg/view

But compare body depth/length ratio. Unless there's something up with that photo. The pic you linked Graeme is exactly the same shape as my single unstripey lecontei.

Martin.

body/length is very strange indeed, especially that these are supposed to be 1" loaches (and the sellers tend to claim larger size, never smaller). I don't think I've seen any 1" loach with this much girth.
Also, I don't think the fish is deformed: he is selling six, unless they are all deformed, he'll use a good looking one for a photo.
Finally, the photos on his other auction entries seem to be ok, so probably this one is not distorted.

Hey, anyone who lives in Florida wants to go and take a look?

I can only think of two answers with the first being that this could be a man-made monster or a well fed juvenile (given the fact that mikev says, he uses the best looking specimen for selling pictures). My vote goes for a Yasuhikotakia lecontei with either of the above i suggested. Around 10 months ago i purchased 10 Yasuhikotakia morleti which where 1 inch specimens, and like Martin mentioned the defined stripes where almost gone and a totally different looking loach with the stripes more closer together and fine in appearance.

That picture showed an overfed and deformed looking Laos Tiger Loach (Syncrossus sp.).

Emma

No lines on the caudal fin or dorsal fin markings. Small nose also.

I think the dorsal ray count would be more in keeping with Leconte ?