Please Help Identify My Fish

[guppy77]

hi. when i got my tank the owner donated this fish with it. he said it was a plec of some sort. ive googled hundreds of photos of plecs but cant find it. can anyone help me out please. by the way he is a beautiful little thing about two and a half inches long. he grazes the substrate and tank walls like a plec.
many thanks
john

 

[meguro]

It looks like a chinese hillstream loach, beaufortia kweichowensis.

 

[guppy77]

Thats it. i googled hillstream loach and thats def it. now i can put a name to the face. many thanks Meguro.
john

 

[Dogson]

Beautiful fish I think i'd rather it to a Plec I guess they stay much smaller are they easy to keep?

 

[three-fingers]

Easy to keep as long as you make sure you give t the right environment.

That means cooler temperatures, make sure oxygen levels are up all the time (just don't stock heavily and allow surface aggitation just to be safe) and at least one area of high flow (try adding a small powerhead) over a smooth pebble or two. Then you need to make sure they are eating, frozen food is usually good.

If you don't meet these requirements they seldom manage to live over a few months.

 

[helterskelter]

It looks like a chinese hillstream loach, beaufortia kweichowensis.

Close but not correct
Yes it's a hill stream loach but it's a Sewellia lineolata

Gold Ring Butterfly Sucker, Reticulated Hillstream Loach, Tiger Hillstream Loach are common names

 

[Dogson]

So its a coldwater fish and not tropical

 

[helterskelter]

68ºF to 75ºF (20-23.8°C)

so prefer cooler water but need plenty of flow with lots of oxygen

 

[guppy77]

had it about 3 months now and seems happy enough. been feeding on pellets(variety) and grazes on the glass and slate. going to try some frozen as well now i have been advised.also going to add a wave maker which i can direct where he(or she) hangs out. i think he is a male as from photo`s females are more rounded in shape. Anyway thanks for all your imput.
john

 

[loachman]

It looks like a chinese hillstream loach, beaufortia kweichowensis.

Close but not correct
Yes it's a hill stream loach but it's a Sewellia lineolata

+1

 

[mixmaster jay]

its a hong kong plec well thats another name for it and all the other names on here are right too

http/animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Hill...chWFLo_Ap4A.jpg this is the same but different colour pets at home sell them as hong kong plecs in there cold water section