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The oriental weatherfish or pond loach is widely introduced outside its native range. Some loaches are important food fish, especially in East and Southeast Asia where they are a common sight in markets. Loaches are popular in the aquarium trade. Loaches are fed sinking discs designed for them in the aquarium.
Cobitidae, also known as the true loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includes about 260 described species. New species are being described regularly. [2] [3] [4]
Cobitis is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. [2] Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally south of the range of Cobitis, are nowadays separated in Sabanejewia. [3]
The pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), also known as the Dojo loach, [2] [self-published source?] oriental weatherloach [3] or oriental weatherfish, [4] is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to East Asia, but are also popular as an aquarium fish and introduced elsewhere in Asia and to Europe, America and ...
The fish was first described as Cobitis macracanthus by Pieter Bleeker in 1852. In 1989, its scientific name was changed to Botia macracanthus. [4] In 2004, Dr. Maurice Kottelat divided the genus Botia, containing 47 different species, into seven separate genera, resulting in the clown loach being placed in a genus of its own, Chromobotia. [5]
Horseface loaches are not picky eaters, but live food (such as tubifex) is relished. The horseface loach is most active at night and mostly keeps to itself. It attains a maximum size of 30 centimetres (12 in) in length, but is considered mature from 6 centimetres (2.4 in).
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri is a freshwater fish native to large parts of Southeast Asia. [2] [3] [4] It is of interest as a local food source and for the aquarium trade.[1] [3] Its common names include honey sucker, sucking loach and Chinese algae eater.
Syncrossus hymenophysa, commonly known as the tiger loach, tiger botia or green tiger loach, is a species of freshwater fish in the loach family Botiidae.It is native to fast mountain streams and large rivers, over soft substrates and often near submerged boulders and fallen trees, in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. [1]