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    Please help to id fish

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    Just went to Tropical this afternoon and saw a tank of clown loach liked fishes but with narrow black stripes. Can anyone able to tell the name of this fish?

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    Hora's Loach/Botia Morleti?
    P-L-E-C-O-R-Y=M-A-N-I-A!!! YEAH!
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    I don't think that is the fish. The fish has black narrow stripes and yellow based colour over the whole body.

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    i think that's the tiger/striped loach (botia striata)

    see picture at http://www.loaches.com/striata.jpg.

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    Marcus, I don't its a b. stricta either. The stripes were not that narrow. I think it looks like a Distichodus lusosso after searching the Master Index of Freshwater Fish. Hope some fish experts can visit tropical and verify that.

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    i think i know what u are referring to..but i'm not sure abt its name.. it's not a loach at all..
    it's very similar to a clown loach except that it has multiple black stripes while a clown loach only has 3 main stripes.. it's more elongated too..
    i've seen it at rainbow and tiong bahru (the bigger one).
    it looks like Distichodus lusosso but i cant confirm if thats the real name.

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    how abt the Distichodus sexfasciatus aka six-barred distichodus, it looks like the clown loach except this has 6 vertical stripes instead of the clown loach's 3

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    is this the one u saw?



    i think it might be Distichodus sexfasciatus.

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    avant & Simon, it could also be the fish in the picture. Anyway these fishes were very beautiful and active. I almost bought them before I convinced myself to learn more about their identity(thats why I ask this forum for help) and feeding habits. If they were indeed the distichodus species, I don't think my 3 ft tank can accomodate as these fishes can grow to at least 30cm long. Furthmore they are plant eaters, my plants will definitely go budak in no time.[]

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    jason, dun wanna shock u.. but the stats in the Baensch atlas stated that it can grow to 1m[:0] in the wild though

    here is the rest of the stats

    orign: zaire basin
    temp: 22-26
    length: 1m (in the wild)
    ph: 7

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    short nosed distichodus?

    kinda pricey, aren't they?

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