Help ID-ing this loach?
- Thread starter squirrelrabbits
- Start date
The December FOTM Contest Poll is open!
🏆 Click to vote! 🏆
Its hard to make a positive ID as the fish can only be seen from a distance but I'd agree with The-Wolf, most likely to be a Schistura mahnerti (Burmese-border sand loach), I have noticed there seem to be a few coming in at the moment.
squirrelrabbits
Fish Fanatic
Thanks for your replies. I have decided it is as some of you suggest a Burmese-border sand loach. When I first brought hiom home from the LFS, he had no red on his tail whatsoever and that threw me off. After a few days though, he is gaining color in his tail, and lo and behold it is the red of the Burmese-border sand loach. Thanks for your help!
The-Wolf
Ex-LFS manager/ keeper of over 30 danio species
taken from fishbase
Schistura mahnerti can be distinguished by its color pattern with up to 17 bars, the anterior ones being vertically split, the posterior ones widely spaced, as wide or wider than interspaces and not forming a stripe.
however there are lots of Schistura species, so you may want to check them all out to best match the one you have.
long list
Schistura mahnerti can be distinguished by its color pattern with up to 17 bars, the anterior ones being vertically split, the posterior ones widely spaced, as wide or wider than interspaces and not forming a stripe.
however there are lots of Schistura species, so you may want to check them all out to best match the one you have.
long list
Similar threads
Most reactions
-
387 -
206 -
201 -
194 -
186 -
181 -
158 -
151 -
143 -
110 -
99 -
96 -
85 -
82 -
78