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skunk loaches

Posted By: Thomas b waltzek <waltzek@neuro.fsu.edu>
Date: Monday, 21 September 1998, at 10:58 p.m.

Saw a beautiful shipment of skunk loaches today (this is either morleti or horae but Maurice Kottelat-the loach god-suggests they may be different species). This message is not to stir up debate on that subject (although any other supporting info would be cool-all my aquarium sources and other lit say they are the same) but rather to keep an eye out for these little beauties. When I first saw them I thought they were caudipunctata because of the 50 or so fish some had numerous caudal spots (but nothing like caudipunctata). The interesting thing is that all these little guys had 3-5 stripes down the side of the body (this is not strange except I've never seen a shipment in which nearly all the fish had such pronounced stripes). Anyway, had to bite my tongue when the pet store owner asked me if I needed any he