which loaches have the spines under their eyes?

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Lightning Bug

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

Lightning Bug

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

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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

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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?
 

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Agreed, most all species have spines under the eye.
 

Lightning Bug

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"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.
 
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