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5
Families
4
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This species is uncommon in the aquarium hobby.

Erromyzon sinensis

Gastromyzontidae · Chen, 1980

Max length
55mm SL2.2in SL
Tank
75 × 30cm30 × 12in
Temp
18–24°C64–75°F
pH
6.0–7.5

Erromyzon sinensis is a gastromyzontid loach from the Xi Jiang (West River) system in southern China, mostly in Guangxi. It is extremely rare to nonexistent in the aquarium trade, although its name has been widely misapplied to congeners such as the unidentified E. sp. 'ER02'. An obligate bottom-dweller, it lives in shallow, fast-flowing, highly-oxygenated headwaters and minor tributaries, clinging to rocks with its flattened body and horizontally-orientated paired fins.

Moderate
This species is very rare in the hobby but is available on occasion.

Leptobotia guilinensis

Botiidae · Chen, 1980

Max length
100mm SL3.9in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
15.5–21°C60–70°F
pH
6.5–7.5

Leptobotia guilinensis is a botiid loach from southern China, described from Guangxi Province and also recorded from neighbouring Hunan. The species is rarely exported for the aquarium hobby, and fish labelled as such are usually Sinibotia pulchra or other related species. In the formal description Chen states that it is closely related to the fish now called Sinibotia zebra but lacks stripes on the head. Its habitat is unconfirmed but presumably clear, well-oxygenated running water over rocks and gravel.

Moderate
Wild-collected specimen.

Parabotia lijiangensis

Botiidae · Chen, 1980

Max length
83mm SL3.3in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
20–24°C68–75°F
pH
6.0–7.5

Parabotia lijiangensis is a botiid loach described from the Li River drainage near Guilin, in the Pearl River system of southern China. It has 10-13 dark vertical bars on the body and a dark, ocellated spot in the centre of the caudal-fin base. It probably inhabits clear, well-oxygenated running water, and the occasional specimen may turn up among shipments of similar-looking Sinibotia.

Moderate
Adult male specimen from an unspecified location in Guangxi, China.

Rhinogobius filamentosus

Gobiidae · Wu, 1939

Max length
55mm SL2.2in SL
Tank
60 × 30cm24 × 12in
Temp
18–25°C64–77°F
pH
6.0–8.0

Rhinogobius filamentosus is a small goby from the Li River system in Guangxi, southern China, also collected in neighbouring Guangdong province. Very few details of its range exist, and its habitat is presumed to be smaller rivers and streams over gravel, rocks and boulders. The name refers to the extended primary dorsal-fin rays of males.

Moderate
Subadult individual in the aquarium.

Acrossocheilus parallens

Cyprinidae · Nichols, 1931

Max length
160mm SL6in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded

Acrossocheilus parallens is a barred cyprinid from Guangdong and Hainan provinces in southern China, plus the island of Taiwan. It has five or six dark vertical bars on each flank, each two scales wide, a pattern it shares with A. paradoxus and several other congeners. Wild fish feed on small benthic invertebrates and graze biofilm from rocks and other solid surfaces.

Moderate
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