Oi Got A Fish And Don't Know What It Is

[kalm2kaos]

Hey all, have been given a fish,don't know what it is,but currently living peacefully in a 16 ukg tank
Here are some pics,can anyone identify it for me please?

to give you an idea of size,there are Bronze cory eggs in one of the pictures, but fish is about 2-3 inches long.

 

[demonmagus]

I reckon that is a chinese hillstream loach, or a coldwater plec

Someone should be able to give you care info

 

[kalm2kaos]

Thank you, thats close enough...

 

[diburning]

its not a hillstream loach I can tell you for sure. It looks like a kind of loracid (suckermouth catfish) because of the fins, the position of the eyes, and the body shape.

 

[phlawed]

they like lots of current to swim in.

 

[Chris_Wood]

They also need slightly colder and very well oxygenated water (as there would be in their natural fast flowing stream environment).

CW

 

[emma12321]

Hi,

Have a look on http/www.loaches.com/species_index.html at the homaloptera species. it looks like a homaloptera smithi.

Emma

 

[Barracuda518]

What did you do with the cory eggs?

 

[invader]

'Tis a "lizard loach".

Gotta love common names.