Homaloptera spp.
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Will be making a start on this genus soon as nearly done with Gastromyzon for now. I’ve only ever kept H. confuzona though so will need help as usual.
Haha I was hoping you two would say something like that! Charles I’m always ready for new pictures.
I was swimming with h. smithi & h. sexmaculata 2 days ago. Here’s a few quick pics. they didn’t look like any I’d seen in the shops, heavy bodied!
Habitat S.E. Thailand.
Jim you tease!
Here are the images of live specimens from Tan, H. H. and P. K. L. Ng. 2005
Homaloptera parclitella, a new species of torrent loach from the Malay Peninsula, with redescription of H. orthogoniata (Teleostei: Balitoridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(1): 1-12.These clearly show the differences in patterning between the two species as given by the authors.
H. orthogoniata ALWAYS has THREE dark saddle-shaped markings on the body plus one on the caudal peduncle:
H. parclitella ALWAYS has TWO dark saddle markings plus one on the caudal peduncle:
…whereas H. confuzona is more variable and has less well-defined saddles. Pics from Jim and Mark:
I wrote to Dr. Tan to ask if we could use the images (also attached a pic of Odyssey’s unknown Gastromyzon for his interest) but received no reply.
Hmm Charles I still think the first one is too young to identify 100%.
Matt wrote on May 21 2010, 06:35 PM:Hmm Charles I still think the first one is too young to identify 100%.
 and the last two should be <i>H. parclitella</i> (2 saddles).</p>
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