Loach

English name: Acantopsischoirorhynchos

Common name: mossy mouse

Place of origin and date of delivery:

Originated in Xishuangbanna, China (the lower reaches of the Lancang River), Thailand and other places.

Introduction:

Slender, slightly flattened. The highest body is vertically above the starting point of the pectoral fin, descending sharply forward, straight backward, long head, and flattened on the side. The kiss is very long and the front end is slightly pointed. Superior eye position, ventral vision is invisible, obviously located in the back half of the head. In the inferior position of the mouth, there are well-developed and sparse protuberances on the edge of the upper lip, and the lateral end is connected to the base of the moustache. The root of the groove behind the lip is deep. There must be 3 pairs, 2 pairs of kisses and 1 pair of quarrels. The outer edge of the dorsal fin is slightly convex; the left and right bases of the pectoral fin are close together; the ventral fin is short and close to the left and right base; the anal fin is short; the caudal fin is deeply concave. The body is finely scaly, the head is scaleless. The side line is straight, there are more than ten small black spots along the side line, and several large brown spots can be seen in the middle of the back. From the end of the kiss to the edge of the eye, there are two black longitudinal stripes, and each fin is light brown and spotless. The body length can be up to 180 mm.

Living in the sand bottom of the river where the water flows slowly, relying on the oblique downward sucker-shaped mouth, sucking on water plants and rocks and other things to move slowly, while eating moss or leftover food to remove the waste of the aquarium. Easy to raise, suitable for any water quality. The optimum water temperature is 23-27C.