Loach Pics

[420Loach]

the swimming postures they show during (i guess you could call it "sparring" hehe) are intresting too. the two loaches that are sparring are the only ones swimming around normaly, all the others swim at an angle( kinda like the loach in my avatar) i guess to stay out of the way hehe.


EDIT: hey thats another nice loach there Fruitbat!

 

[Fruitbat]

Are any of you getting the idea that I like loaches???

 

[Fruitbat]

An update on the taxonomy of loaches. This information is from a relatively new paper by noted ichthyologist Dr. Maurice Kottelat. The Clown Loach has a new name as do a number of other loaches! I've included the generally seen names of some of the more common loaches.

Genus Botia
B. almorhae - YoYo Loach
B. birdi
B. macrolineata
B. histionica
B. striata - Zebra Loach
B. dario
B. kubotai- Marbled ('angelicus') Loach

Genus Chromobotia
C. macracanthus - Clown Loach

Genus Syncrossus
S. beauforti
S. berdmorei
S. helodes
S. hymenophysa - Tiger Loach
S. reversa

Genus Yasuhikotakia
Y. caudopunctata
Y. eos
Y. lecontei
Y. longidorsalis
Y. splendida
Y. modesta - Orange Finned Loach
Y. nigrolineata
Y. sidthimunki - Dwarf Loach

Genus Sinibotia
S. longiventralis
S. pulchra
S. reevesae
S. robusta
S. superciliaris

Genus Parabotia
P. banarecsui
P. bimaculata
P. dubia
P. fasciata
P. lijangensis
P. maculosa
P. parva

Genus Leptobotia
L. curta
L. elongata
L. flavolineata
L. guiliensis
L. orientalis
L. hengyangensis
L. pellegrini
L. posterodorsalis
L. rubrilabris
L. taeniops
L. tchangi
L. tientainensis
L. zebra

 

[geKo]

Nice pics!

I love that big peice of driftwood that looks like a tree trunk lol

 

[420Loach]

Chromobotia!? wow. how did the clown loach achieve this new name?

 

[Fruitbat]

In his paper describing Botia kubotai (Jan. 2004), Dr. Maurice Kottelat used the following reasoning:

Type species. Cobitis macracanthus Bleeker, 1852.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other genera of Botiinae by its unique colour pattern: three black bars (one through eye, two on body) on a bright orange-red background. Distinguished from other genera within the subfamily Botiinae by the following combination of characters: Mental lobe developed in a barbel. Fronto-parietal fontanelle large, elliptical. Anterior chamber of gas bladder partly covered by bony capsule; posterior chamber large. Top of supraethmoid very broad. Optic formen rather small. Suborbital spine not strongly arched, bifid. Head naked (based on Taki, 1972:76).
Etymology. From the Greek khroma (colour) and Botia, allusion to the bright colouration.

Included species:
Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

I guess he found enough distinguishing characters to separate the Clown Loach into its own, unique genus.

 

[420Loach]

ahhhhhhhhh. thank you. i need to go look up some words in the dictionary now hehe. but it makes sense if there are that many differences in Clowns.

 

[Fruitbat]

Here are a couple more pictures, including one of my Batiks for Lotus!

Noemacheilus triangularis - Batik Loach

Sinibotia robusta showing color variations

 

[420Loach]

man i love those patterns hehehehe.

anyone have a plain black and white picture of a loach, something along the lines of a coloring book picture, that we could color or draw patterns on(reverting back to 1st grade coloring book time)

 

[Lotus]

Awwwww... thanks Fruitbat

I just wish I had more room for loaches, but probably won't until something dies or we sell a bunch. I just don't have time for more tanks these days Maybe when we get the 120g there will be room for a few more

lol loach I saw some cute cartoon loaches at loaches.com the other day on the almanac section. By the way, I love your new tagline

 

[420Loach]

thanks hehehehe. ill go look on loaches .com thanks Lotus.