ID new loach

[mikec707]

Found this guys at my lfc today all by himself so I thought I'd pick him up. He was labeled queen loach but I'm like 99% sure it's not one. I did a lil investigating when I got home so I have a guess as to what kind it is what want to get some input thanks


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[strollo22]

Yoyo


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[love The Jack Dempseys]

X2 yoyo loach

 

[mikec707]

Seems like really usual making for a yoyo. Maybe it's the same color as my other yoyos. Also this guys face seems longer an different markings on his head


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[Cream]

That's a cool and pretty little loach. I used to see them sold as tiger loaches or tiger botias or marble loaches when there were more interesting,little pet shops and fish stores around. If you go to planetcatfish.com you may be able to get a latin name and positive identification of the species you have.

 

[guanl23]

Not a yoyo, it's a sinibotia robusta.

 

[strollo22]

Not a yoyo, it's a sinibotia robusta.

Those patterns don't really match. It almost looks like a cross between the 2 imo


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[jkusnierz]

Definitely not a yoyo. I have never seen marking like that. I have 12 yoyo's.

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[wayne the pain]

Not a yoyo, it's a sinibotia robusta.

Agreed

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/photo-search/sinibotia-robusta-image-search

 

[guanl23]

As they mature, their patterns will start to fade into thinner stripes, plus yoyos' don't get parallel bars like these do.
Robusta
Yoyo