Loachie Thing

[untitled]

Hi. I aquired this with a tank and a number off other wrongly named fish....have figured the rest out all by my self but at a dead end with this one
Was told its a coolie loach....but i think not.

Any ideas?

 

[Snooks1!]

Not a khuli...



...All I can really tell you . It's some sort of loach.

 

[mikev]

Hi. I aquired this with a tank and a number off other wrongly named fish....have figured the rest out all by my self but at a dead end with this one
Was told its a coolie loach....but i think not.

Any ideas?

A better photo would help, but this is fairly similar to a short fat Pangio Oblonga (black kuhli). Possibly a gravid female. There are a couple of related species. hth.

 

[wendywc]

I agree. I was going to guess oblonga too. Definately in the pangio genus.

http/www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-oblonga

 

[The-Wolf]

looks like a silver khulie to me
http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cyprinid...r-Khulie-Loach/

 

[helterskelter]

I agree. I was going to guess oblonga too. Definately in the pangio genus.

[URL="http/www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-oblonga"]http/www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-oblonga[/URL]

Yes i agree and it's a female as it's so fat.

looks like a silver khulie to me
[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cyprinid...r-Khulie-Loach/"]http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cyprinid...r-Khulie-Loach/[/URL]

Their to elongated to be the fish in the photo


How ever their quite a few types of Pangio and thats the besy i cad do, with the picture provided.

 

[untitled]

Dont think it is a silver khuli after looking around on the internet.

Just been to the lfs and asked while I was there. The bloke told me it could be a wether loach (not sure of spelling), I'v looked at a few pics on the net and its seems more likely.

 

[helterskelter]

No it's no weather loach it's defo Pangio.

 

[mikev]

No it's no weather loach it's defo Pangio.

Yep. Not a silver kuhli either.

Possibilities include P.Oblonga, P.Pangia, and "Panda Kuhli" (I don't think they have a scientific name yet).