Butterfly loach?

[Blade]

I went to the LFS today and saw a new fish they had which they called a butterfly loach. I haven't seen this anywhere. It sort of looked like a cross between a flounder and a Pleco? Does this sould familar to anyone?

 

[cometcattle]

They are better known as Hillstream loaches.

Here's a recent link I started:

http/fish.orbust.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=48571

 

[ryan]

There are several species of Hillstream Loaches but the more common species resemble a Pleco and are often called Coldwater Plec or Butterfly Loach. They require fast, cool and well oxygenated to water with some smooth, flat, broad surfaces in the form on rocks and leaves which they can attach themselves to in the current. These surfaces also promote the growth of their main food source mirco organisms.

 

[Blade]

Thanks you saved me from buying it and probably thier lives!