#The Loaches

[anonymun-jay]

Got some Yo-Yo Botia loaches to help with the snail problem I accidentally started in Pomni's tank 😅 They're such cool and pretty fish!

Top is Winifred

Middle is Mary

Bottom is Sarah

[whitefangz]

what if we were two loaches on a piece of wood. would you touch barbels with me?

[corrodedparadox]

UFL (unidentified flying loach)

[paopuvanitas]

The sheer number of noodles packed into these tubes at my LFS

[photozoi]

Luncheon with friends

[pallanophblargh]

Another desperate strike at the art block and a tribute of sorts: super rusty linocut to reinitiate me into the world of printmaking. It’s not as attuned to my working style as intaglio was, but this is fun, tactile, and enough of a departure from my way of thinking that is super welcome.

It’s nothing special and definitely technically lacking (over-inked block and such) but it’s something, which is a big deal lately. Also it’s my favorite species of fish and we all know Kuhli loaches deserve all the tributes we can give.

[cambriancutie]

something different

[betta-butch]

a peaceful loach pile to help you get through the day!

[typhlonectes]

A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India

REMYA L SUNDAR+ C.P. ARJUN+ ARYA SIDHARTHAN+ NEELESH DAHANUKAR+ RAJEEV RAGHAVAN

Abstract

A second subterranean species of Pangio is described from an old dug-out well in Kerala, Southern India. The new species, Pangio pathala is unique within the genus in possessing the highest number (27) of caudal vertebrae.  Pangio pathala is distinguished from P. bhujia, the only subterranean Pangio species known so far, in having four pectoral-fin rays (vs. three), five anal-fin rays (vs. six), 67 vertebrae (40 abdominal and 27 caudal vertebrae) (vs. 62–63), and a raw genetic distance of 8.1–8.7% in the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene. This paper also provides an additional record of Pangio bhujia from a location 40 km south of the type locality.

Read the paper here:

A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India | Zootaxa (mapress.com)

[cloudcrimeart]

loach girl

[justnoodlefishthings]

(Pangio bhujia is a species of completely subterranean eel-loach found by coincidence in someone's water well in India, and was named after its resemblance to a popular snack)

[fimbry]

I've been pretty productive this year actually, and I love it. 'v' The ones that are black have detailing with my gold/silver leaf pens. They're nice and shiny!

[coppoladelrey]

CILLIAN MURPHY as Damien O'Donovan in The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) | dir. Ken Loach

[foxglovelullaby]

Various photos within the past year

[colonellickburger]

Phil Loach. Flares. Stourbridge, Dudley, England 1980's

[shrimpapalooza]

Noodles at play