A Guntea loach?

Alexandrian

Alexandrian

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Last Friday i finally mad up my mind and got 3 of this nice guys
Here is one of them

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They had been hiding behind plants since i got them< They started to apear sometimes late last night< This one specialy very active he/she is swiming up and down most of time and once i come near the tank he freezes at once
They are realy fun to watch specialy i never saw a creature digs himself in the substrate that fast and easy

In the LFS they said it is a Weather loach
(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

But i am sure they are Guntea loach-Peppered Loach
(Lepidocephalichthys guntea)

What do you think?

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The eye position doesn't matches the one you are guessing. Misgurnus mizolepis is my own answer. I mvoed your thread here. I was going to reply awhile ago but I forgot all about this completely.
 
Lupin said:
The eye position doesn't matches the one you are guessing. Misgurnus mizolepis is my own answer. I mvoed your thread here. I was going to reply awhile ago but I forgot all about this completely.
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Thanks Lupin
I believe you are right
So i got a spices of loach that i never heard about before
Lucky me :clap:
 
Nice loaches! Weather loach, misgurnus, was as far as I was going to guess. I wonder if you can sex them like the more usual species, anguillicaudatus with longer, pointier pectoral fins on males vs rounded on female?
 
I agree on Misgurnus mizolepis. I was going to post last night but the forum shut down before I could hit 'reply'.
 
fishorama said:
Nice loaches! Weather loach, misgurnus, was as far as I was going to guess. I wonder if you can sex them like the more usual species, anguillicaudatus with longer, pointier pectoral fins on males vs rounded on female?
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Thanks fishorama
I wish they stay out long enough for me to notice their fins
But at least mostly the bigger one - in the photos-is a Lady
 
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