I recently bought a fish from a pet store that I just found to have good fish, and a wide variety. Now, I usually don't buy fish I know nothing about but I had to have this guy(or girl). They had about 5 in the tank and had them listed as a "Boraso Sucker". I had never heard of these but I thought, I'll just go to aquariacentral and learn all I need to know. Guess what, no place on the internet has anything about a "Boraso Sucker". I'll try to explain it the best I can. Very simply, it looks just like a sting ray, or a ray of some kind. Now, I'm no aquarium expert. I've had a very successful freshwater tank for about a year and a half and have started a salt water tank as well. So I know a little something about fish. However, this one has me baffled. Its about 2-1/2" long, light brown, white underneath, and like I said looks just like a ray. It spends all its time stuck to the glass. And its very fast in the water. Has anyone seen anything like this? This is for a freshwater tank. Thanks.
Can't find any info on this fish
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There are several types of freshwater rays...check this page:
http://kingsoftheaquarium.tripod.com/freshstingray.htm
From your brief description, it sounds like it might be a P. hystrix...
http://kingsoftheaquarium.tripod.com/freshstingray.htm
From your brief description, it sounds like it might be a P. hystrix...
I'm guessing that this is probably what you have. I saw these and got real interested too. I was really surprised to find that they are loaches.
Chinese Butterfly Loach / Borneo sucker - Gastromyzon sp.
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon_sp.html
Chinese Hill Stream Loach - Gastromyzon sp.
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon_martin.html
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon.html
Chinese Butterfly Loach / Borneo sucker - Gastromyzon sp.
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon_sp.html
Chinese Hill Stream Loach - Gastromyzon sp.
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon_martin.html
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/gastromyzon.html
That's it
David, thanks. You nailed that one. I'll do some research on the net. Anything special you can tell me about these guys.
David, thanks. You nailed that one. I'll do some research on the net. Anything special you can tell me about these guys.
Fishbase.org shows about 22 entries for Gastromyzon and I could not positively identify the one I saw. Since some of them get bigger than what I want in this tank, and I am keeping shrimp, I passed.
They are an interesting fish though. They remind me of a saltwater fish I used to catch in the tidepools when I lived in California.
They are an interesting fish though. They remind me of a saltwater fish I used to catch in the tidepools when I lived in California.