Help Identifying Loach

[ittybitty]

DSCF2743 by krimson_beauty, on Flickr


DSCF2753 by krimson_beauty, on Flickr

I dont know what this lil guy is, was told hes a zipper but im not sure......Opinions? more pics available,

[glenna]

maybe burmese border loach????, but without seeing the tail and rest of the body, not really sure 'bout that
plus, I am not that experienced, I just have some burmese border loaches that look like that.
Check out the pics in the species index on the main site. It is really helpful.

[glenna]

schistura mahnerti, that's the scientific name for burmese border loaches. Hmmmm, not really sure if this is the same fish, or not. Do they have reddish tails?

[ittybitty]

Ive never seen any color, my husband says hes seen a faint pink color....... and trying to get a pic of zip out of the cave is almost impossible ill keep trying ....

[bookpage]

Here is another picture of the schistura mahnerti

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f2 ... 18812.html

[plaalye]

Looks similar to a loach that my fish shop has been getting in for about a year now. They are fiesty! Possibly undescribed, There are sooo many striped schistura sp. & watershed variants.
In my area a "burmese border loach" is botia kubotai. Common names can be very confusing.

[zenins]

Probably Red Tailed Sand Loach - Schistura mahnerti

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/schistura-mahnerti