which loaches have the spines under their eyes?

[Lightning Bug]

please remind me, i can't remember which loaches have the spines under their eyes. thanks.

[fishorama]

All the botia/nemachieus/pangios have the "EYE SPINE". mOST OF THE "HILLSTREAMS" DON'T (9SOORY CAPS LOCK)

[Lightning Bug]

pangios? i have pangio oblongas, black khulis. do they have them?

[fishorama]

Yes, their genus used to be called acanthopthalmus = "thorn eyes". I've only ever seen a loach spine on 1 of my clowns 1 time. He wasn't fighting, more of just a stretch

[Lightning Bug]

wow. so, do you think that black khulis would be in danger of getting eaten by a peacock eel? the peacocks dont get huge like the tire tracks and fire eels. i ask cause i have thought i might not get one cause it might eat my khulis. but if the little buggars will be safe i might get one. what do yall think? anybody ever kept peacocks?

[Slappy*McFish]

Agreed, most all species have spines under the eye.

[fishorama]

I've never kept eels of any type but, as with most fish, if it will fit in the mouth it will be food (spines or no)

[Lightning Bug]

"spiny eels" as they are called have very tiny mouths for their body size. and iv never kept a peacock spiny eel to adulthood, i dont know how big the mouth of an adult gets, which is why i asked about personal experience, i was hoping to get someone who has seen first hand just what an adult eel is capable of. it might be perfectly fine, it might not be.

[Linden]

Blue Botias (http://www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuhikotakia-modesta) have spines. Mine "flash" every few days. I can't see any trigger. Just being **** cute, I guess.