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    Gastromyzon from Sarawak

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    Finally some Borneo sucker fish from my homeland got the new names!!!

    Gastromyzon scitulus(together with Paracrossocheilus vittata):








    G.farragus:





    G.crenastus:




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    Pardon my ignorance, but would they be consider cyprinids, like loaches?

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    p.s love the last picture
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    Quote Originally Posted by benny
    Pardon my ignorance, but would they be consider cyprinids, like loaches?

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    p.s love the last picture
    They are not Cyprinids. Gastromyzon is belong to family "balitorid", sub family : Gastromyzontinae.

    Homaloptera is another "cousin" of gastromyzon belongs to Balitorid.
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    Benny, it is a sister family of Cyprinidae, and both belongs to the Order Cypriniformes.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    I like this!! The colour so attractive...

    So, like loaches, they can be classified as cyprinid-related? And their common name, Hillstream Loach, would be considered valid?
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    It is called Hill stream loach in S'pore? I always called it Borneo sucker fish.
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    common name doesn't have a basis for validity, there being no authority to regulate their use.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Sorry, rephrase... The word 'loach'... Is it ok to use with this family of fish? The true loaches are also related to cyprinids...
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    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

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    G.farragus in the natural habitat.
    Last edited by kuching; 19th Jul 2007 at 21:57.
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