Acantopsis
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Horse loach |
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| van Hasselt , 1823 |
Acantopsis is a genus from the family of loach (Cobitidae). They live in both fresh and brackish water of various fast flowing rivers and streams in Southeast Asia. There they colonize the soil region of the slightly different habitats . Some of them can also be found in flooded rice fields in the region.
These fish feed on mosquito larvae , nematodes , small insect larvae and algae . In captivity, they also eat frozen food, tablet feed and rummage through the ground for algae and other edible foods.
features
The bodies of loaches are eel-like, long and narrow. The lower mouth is equipped with barbels . Most types are grayish to beige in color. The head is narrow and mostly peeps out of the sand or gravel after digging in. The horse loach and the elephant loach are differentiated based on their head shape.
species
- Acantopsis bruinen Boyd et al., 2018
- Horse loach - Acantopsis dialuzona Van Hasselt , 1823
- Acantopsis dinema Boyd & Page , 2017
- Acantopsis ioa Boyd & Page , 2017
- Acantopsis multistigmatus Vishwanath & Laisram , 2005
- Trunk loach - Acantopsis octoactinotos Siebert , 1991
- Acantopsis rungthipae Boyd, Nithirojpakdee & Page , 2017
- Acantopsis spectabilis ( Blyth , 1860)
- Acantopsis thiemmedhi Sontirat, 1999
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Rüdiger Riehl : Aquariums Atlas, Volume 1 . Mergus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-88244-101-1 .
- Boyd, DA, Nithirojpakdee, P., Deein, G., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Tangjitjaroen, W., Pfeiffer, JM, Randall, ZS, Srisombat, T. & Page, LM (2017): Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis ), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4341 (2): 151-192. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4341.2.1
Web links
- Acantopsis on Fishbase.org (English)