Types of Loaches
Similar to: Acantopsis octoactinotos and other Acantopsis species. Care: This species is an active burrower when at rest and escaping from the company of others. This species also tends to search for buried foods. The aquarium substrate MUST be fine-grained and smooth round-edged. Preferable is sand.
Scientific Name: Yasuhikotakia modesta (Bleeker, 1865) Common name: Red-finned Loach, Blue Botia, Redtail Botia. Synonyms: Botia modesta, Botia rubrippinis. Distribution: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. Sexual Dimorphism: Females generally plumper all over than males. Maximum size: 10 inches. More normally a max of 7" in aquaria.
Polka-dot loach (Botia kubotai). The fish that started all the name game problems is the polka-dot loach. It looks quite a bit like a grown-up version of the dwarf chain loach.
Botia (Indian loaches) is a genus of freshwater fish in the loach family ().It was a large genus with about 20 species. In 2004 Maurice Kottelat proposed in his paper (along with the description of Botia kubotai, see References below) to divide the genus into four related genera based on fish appearance and locality:
Summary . Scientific name: Somileptes gongota (Hamilton, 1822) Common name: Moosefaced Loach, Jaguar Loach, Gongota Loach Synonyms: Cobitis cucura, Somileptus gongota, Cobitis gongota, Canthophrys albescens, Somileptes bispinosa, Canthophrys bispinosa, Cobitis oculata, Cobitis amnicola Distribution: Known from Assam and Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh along the base of Eastern Himalayas in India.
Scientific name: Cobitis taenia taenia (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Spined Loach, Spiny Loach, plus local names over vast range. Synonyms: Cobitis taenia dalmatina, Cobitis taenia danubialis, Cobitis taenia narentana, Cobitis taenia ohrindana, Cobitis taenioides, Cobitis spilura.
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includes about 260 described species. New species are being described regularly.
A study of the loaches of the genera Cobitis and Sabanejewia (Pisces, Cobitidae) of Greece, with description of six new taxa. Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle `Grigore Antipa' 36: 295-347. Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle `Grigore Antipa' 36: 295-347.
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Cobitis meridionalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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The dwarf loach, ladderback loach, pygmy loach, chain loach or chain botia, (Ambastaia sidthimunki) is a freshwater fish belonging to the Botiidae family. Formerly included in the genus Yasuhikotakia, it is frequently seen in the aquarium trade, the product of captive breeding.
The pond loach, dojo loach (ドジョウ, dojō), or oriental/Japanese weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to East Asia but are also popular as an aquarium fish and introduced elsewhere in Asia and to Europe, North America and Australia.
Loaches are fun and generally easy to care for fish that do well in most community aquariums. ... Here are some of the popular Loach species, ...
Kuhli Loach Stats Minimum Tank Size: 10 Gallons Care Level: Moderately Easy Water Conditions: 5.5-6.5 Temperature: 75-86 Maximum Size: 4 inches. The Kuhli Loach (pangio kuhlii) is small eel shaped fish that is found throughout Indonesia and Malaysia.
Common name: Peppered Loach, Guntea Loach, Scavenger Loach. Synonyms: Cobitis guntea Lepidocephalus guntea, Lepidocephalichthys guntea balgara, Lepidocephalus guntea balgara Distribution: Pakistan, Northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand.
Scientific name: Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi (Deraniyagala, 1956) Common name: Jonklaas's loach . Synonyms: Lepidocephalus jonklaasi Distribution: Sri Lanka, known only from the type locality in Wilpita, Akuressa. Sexual Dimorphism: None known . Maximum size: 2.5 inches (6 cm) Similar to: Lepidocephalus thermalis.
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below).
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a true cold-water fish, and has survived being kept in ponds in Canada, but is so highly adaptable that escapees from commercial food-fish farms have succeeded in colonizing parts of many warmer countries.
Misgurnus fossilis is a cold-water fish. It can be kept in garden ponds (but the pondkeeper will see it very rarely). In England, a permit is required to sell or keep M. fossilis.
Feeding: These loaches enjoy browsing on algae, likely for the micro-organisms which it contains. Therefore the tank should be mature with plenty of algae growth. Also offer sinking pellets/granules, algae wafers, good quality flake, and small frozen foods such as mosquito larvae, vitamin-enriched brineshrimp, and daphnia.
Summary. Scientific Name: Pangio kuhlii (Valenciennes, 1846) Common name: Kuhli Loach, Coolie Loach, Leapord Eel, Prickly Eye. Synonyms: Acanthophthalmus kuhlii, Cobitis kuhlii
The pond loach, dojo loach (ドジョウ, dojō), or oriental/Japanese weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to East Asia but are also popular as an aquarium fish and introduced elsewhere in Asia and to Europe, North America and Australia.
Protocobitis typhlops J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1993: Protocobitis is a genus of loaches endemic to Guangxi in China and living in caves. Species There ...
Sabanejewia aurata is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Sources. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Sabanejewia aurata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
The Skunk Loach Yasuhikotakia morleti is one of the smaller of the Botias. It is quite pretty and easily distinguished from all others. It is also known as Hora's Loach, Skunk Botia Loach, Mouse Loach, and Cream Loach,. But this fish it is most aptly called Skunk Loach because it is easily recognized by its adult coloration and pattern.
The spined loach (Cobitis taenia) is a common freshwater fish in Europe and Asia. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus Misgurnus.
Theriodes Kottelat, 2012 Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems.
Yo Yo loaches from Pakistan are usually darker than those from India; it's not clear whether there is an environmental reason for this, or whether the L oaches are actually different species. Colors and Markings. The Yo Yo Loach is silver with dark markings that look very much like the letters Y and O.