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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…

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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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