Can anyone ID this loach?

[carcinoma]

Looks like a Yasuhikotakia splendida

Bingo!! We have a winner! Super hard to finally obtain this rare loach. I tried to take close up pictures of him, but its nearly impossible. He's too fast.

 

[carcinoma]

However- I'm impressed, I wouldn't even think about putting a school of loach let alone one with african cichlids from any of the huge lakes but some certain smaller dwarf cichlid from the softer waters. Very impressive indeed.

he's the king of the rock pile 24/7?

From what I read, this loach is one mean fish... and he's definetly holding his own against the trophs. Actually, many people are surprised at this combo of fishes... but I did my research... .the pheno and flamebacks are pretty peaceful, and the trophs may get brutal among themselves, but they tend to leave other fishes alone. So all in all, the fishes are pretty happy together.

 

[Noddy]

Yet another fish I've never seen before.
Way much cooler then the average loach.
Do they grow just as big?

 

[Lizardking]

I see them all the time in the lfs here..

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Bingo!! We have a winner! Super hard to finally obtain this rare loach. I tried to take close up pictures of him, but its nearly impossible. He's too fast.

I thought i was right A large number of these have come into the UK through some of the Maidenhead branches and i saw some at Pier aquatics a month ago around that size for £35 a bargain

 

[carcinoma]

I thought i was right A large number of these have come into the UK through some of the Maidenhead branches and i saw some at Pier aquatics a month ago around that size for £35 a bargain

They're starting to trickle into the US too... but the price is still high.
I was able to get this guy at a super deal.... but from what I know... there's only 1 vendor in the US that has a group of these, and he's selling them for near $100 each....