horse faced loach

[tank maid]

Back in June I was in an Aquarium warehouse and seen the strangest looking fish. I questioned a worker and he said it was a horse faced loach. I brought it home, very interesting fish. I can't seem to find any info about it.
It is approx. 5 inches it head being atleast 1 inch, it dives under the gravel with great ease, sifts the gravel in through its mouth and out the gills, hides most of the day coming out when lights are out. very lite in colour (lite sand with darker markings) not much thicker than a pencil, small fins.head looks horse like.Anyone have a clue

 

[Lotus]

This fish? http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/acantopsis_choirothynchus.html

 

[tank maid]

Yes, that is the one. He is very cool .
My three year old thinks he is a worm fish.(because he digs into the gravel)

 

[Toam]

I have one of them as well, I picked him up from my local pet store listed as a Malyasian horse-faced loach. I paid $10.99 for him when he was one inch and transparent, now he's about 3 inches and does quite well for himself, they do like to burrow in sand or gravel, though they prefer the former. I've heard they can grow to about a foot.

 

[Chazwick]

They look adorable!

 

[Zman16]

Those fish look awesome! I never saw anything like it.