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Name
Scientific name
Paracanthocobitis pictilis
Described by
Authority Kottelat, Year 2012, Bracketed
Family
Nemacheilidae
Common names
Cherry-fin Loach
Photograph credits
All 7 credited
Summary
The cherry-fin loach, Paracanthocobitis pictilis, is a nemacheilid loach from the Ataran River, a Salween tributary on the Thailand-Myanmar…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
91mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 90 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm, Water movement High: fast-flowing river or riffle
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 21–26°C, pH 6.5–7.5
Hardness
1–8dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Myanmar, Thailand, Ataran, Hanthayaw, Kasat, Salween, Suriya
Writing
Etymology
Paracanthocobitis: from the Greek παρά (para), meaning ‘close beside,’ and the genus Acanthocobitis from the Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos), meaning ‘thorned’, in re…
Distribution
Kottelat (2012a) has this species occurring in the Ataran River, an affluent of the upper Salween basin flowing into Myanmar from Kanchanaburi province, Thaila…
Habitat
Inhabits shady, fast-flowing stretches and riffles and also found in deeper pools at times. Favoured habitats are well-oxygenated with clear water, a substrate…
Aquarium size
Base dimensions in excess of 90 ∗ 30 cm are suggested.
Maintenance
Should not prove difficult to maintain under the correct conditions meaning we recommend designing the aquarium to resemble a flowing stream or river with a su…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Probably a micropredator feeding on insect larvae and suchlike in nature. Singer and Page (2015)[8] report that stomach contents examined during their study we…
Behaviour and compatibility
Apparently not as peaceful as other members of the genus and very bold so best kept with similarly-sized, active, schooling or shoaling cyprinids. Other robust…
Sexual dimorphism
Males possess a deep suborbital slit visible as a cleft in the skin extending from the the lower margin of the eye to the base of the posterior rostral barbel,…
Reproduction
Unrecorded.
Notes
Prior to description this species was considered to represent, and traded as, Acanthocobitis [subsequently Paranthacobitis] rubidipinnis, but that species is a…
References
References
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