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bgfaith
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Post by bgfaith » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:48 pm

Me and my mate were having an argument about loaches are their any that are coldwater or are they all tropical?

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Jim Powers
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Post by Jim Powers » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:53 pm

While most of the loaches are tropical, or subtropical, there are some that would be condidered "coldwater" fish.
The stone loach of Europe and the UK(Barbatula barbatula) as well as the so called weather loaches or dojos(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) and some of the Cobitis sp. are examples
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