River

Rakuto

One profile names the Rakuto. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

Species: 1
Families: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

K. multifasciata is almost unknown in the western hobby.

Kichulchoia multifasciata

Cobitidae · Wakiya & Mori, 1929

It's most easily told apart from K. brevifasciata, its only congener, by body patterning consisting of dark, vertical bars running along the dorso-ventral part of the body (vs. dark bars running alongside the midventral part of the body), lips with wrinkled surfaces (vs. smooth) and barbels short (vs. long).

Easy