Getting Cut by a Loach

[Sploke]

I believe its more used for fighting among other fish.

yeah what he said ^ lol

 

[crimsonmoon]

lol thanks haha

 

[Blue_Ram]

What about yoyo loaches? Do they got them?

 

[Bnoble]

yes they do, its like a small spine under there eye! hope your friend is ok!

 

[Lupin]

wow that is crazy. Do all loaches have this spike?

No. Only those of botiine genus do.

 

[Lupin]

It's to stop other fish attacking their eyes.

I've never heard of this. The bifid spines are there for skirmishes and defensive mechanism but solely the eyes?

What about yoyo loaches? Do they got them?

All botiine loaches have them. Sinibotia, Parabotia, Syncrossus, Yasuhikotakia...you name it.

 

[Blue_Ram]

OK, Thanks!

 

[Michi]

I always see my yo yo loach poking my tiger barbs with his spikes when they chase eachother. It's pretty funny how they do that...which seems aggressive, but then they will all hang out together peacefully when they are done.

 

[fishorama]

Pangios used to be in the genus Acanthophthalmus, thorn eye, so kuhlis must have them too. I've only ever seen a loach spine out once, a clown was doing what looked like a stretch, no other fish near it.

 

[Lupin]

There has to be a reason for the change in taxonomy. I tried to observe my kuhlis closely before and even handled them to examine if there are spines as alleged by a few sources but I have never really seen a single spine. I don't think they have spines. As far as I know, only the botiine loaches have.