Protomyzon pachychilus ~ rare!

**MrTree** · 29th Jan 2009, 14:53

Originally Posted by blueblue

I also acquired some

Well, according to a journal paper by Kong et al., the "panda" pattern only appears when the fish is young, the adult one looks very different. This paper has two pictures which show this point explicitly.

Reference: Kong, Chan and Yang: "Threatened fishes of the world: Protomyzon pachychilus Chen, 1980 (Balitoridae", Envion Biol Fish ( 2008 ) 83:243-244.

yes, the new Fishes of Guangxi province book has the adult picture inside..along with young ones of course..

and i know who makes all this happening..

**MrTree** · 7th Mar 2009, 22:23

adult from Fishes of Guangxi second edition

**SCOPE** · 7th Mar 2009, 22:34

Great information...Thanks for sharing!

**chedra** · 8th Mar 2009, 00:41

Pic from another webboard [subadult a few months from b&w stage].

**blueblue** · 9th Mar 2009, 13:09

Thanks for the sharing. By the way, is there any information on its breeding condition, etc?

**hyun007** · 18th Mar 2010, 16:35

cute when young, ugly like &*(*& when adult, just like some people.
Not going to buy it.

**BonjaLa** · 7th Apr 2010, 10:07

Seen this loach when i was overseas. Its very pretty

**Hafiz934** · 13th May 2010, 13:48

Hi what is that fish in ur avatar?

**sandstone** · 31st Jul 2010, 23:31

Hi I am new to the site,, very interested in getting afew of these guys.. Protomyzon pachychilus would like more info on them.. Like how hard are they to keep, water temp. TDS, Ph.. and if they are worth the big $ to get some... thanks and have a wonderful day.. Sandy