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Acanthocobitis pictilis Kottelat 2012
Loach previously misidentified in the aquarium hobby given name. Nonn Panitvong/Siamensis.org The fish previously known as Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis in the aquarium hobby is officially described as...
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New balitorid loach species discovered in southern India
Lateral (a) and dorsal (b) views of B. laticauda with a specimen of B. mysorensis (c) for comparison. © Bhoite et al. 2012 The Western Ghats mountain range in southern India is well-known as one of the...
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UK’s mini fish need you!
Phoxinus phoxinus, the Eurasian minnow. © Jack Perks Conservation efforts for freshwater fishes tend to be concerned with large, often migratory, ‘flagship’ species such as salmon, trout, and sturgeon,...
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Three new loaches of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758
C. sp. 1 was initially imported as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus © Thomas Frank Thomas Frank introduces three recent additions to the aquarium hobby… For loach-lovers 2008 was certainly not the worst...
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New loaches from Myanmar
Schistura puncticeps, ZRC 53783, paratype, 55.2 mm SL; Myanmar: Shan State: mouth of Nam Paw, shortly after capture. © Bohlen and Šlechtová A number of new loaches are covered in the latest volume of...
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Botiid fishes of the ‘Modesta complex’– an analysis of natural history and...
Mike Ophir Red-finned form of Yasuhikotakia modesta © Nonn Panitvong Long ignored as the maintenance crew of the community freshwater aquarium, the group of fishes commonly referred to as “Loaches”...
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