Beaufort's loach
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Beaufort's loach ( Syncrossus beauforti ) |
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Beaufort's Loach ( Syncrossus beauforti , Syn. : Botia beauforti a) freshwater fish from the family of loaches (Botiidae) located in Thailand , Laos , Cambodia and Vietnam in the river basin of the Mekong , the Chao Phraya River , the Mae Klong and occurs on the Malay Peninsula . The distribution area adjoins that of the very similar Syncrossus berdmorei to the east . The kind was named after the Dutch biologistLieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968).
features
Beaufort's loach grows to around 19 to 20 cm long, with the males remaining slightly smaller. The body is elongated, laterally flattened and almost the same height along its entire length. The dorsal fin begins just before the pelvic fins.
- Fin formula : dorsal 3/9, anal 2-3 / 4-6.
Their basic color is variable, brownish, gray-green or yellowish and, depending on the environment, more or less light. On each side of the head there are three longitudinal stripes, one on the top of the head, one through the eye and one below the eye. The flanks are patterned by 9 to 12 faint, bluish black horizontal stripes, which can also be missing. Furthermore, there are several longitudinal rows of dark spots on the sides of the body. The dorsal and caudal fins are more or less orange and have horizontal rows of dots. The anal fin, chest and pelvic fins are yellowish. There are some dark spots at the base of the anal fin. The barbels on the upper jaw are blackish. External gender differences are not known.
Aquaristics
Beaufort's loach is shy and jumpy in the aquarium. Because of its expected final size and its aggressiveness towards other fish, it is not very suitable as an ornamental fish. It has not yet been bred. All animals traded are wild-caught .
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Botia beauforti Smith, 1931. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.) The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 161 f,
Web links
- Beaufort's Loach on Fishbase.org (English)
- Syncrossus beauforti inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Jenkins, A., Kullander, FF & Tan, HH, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2013.