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Re: FW Flounders
What I (and the two LFS) call 'butterfly plecos' are called hillstream
loaches on some web sites. This is a very flounder-looking fish that as
Cathy says, only gets to about 2". I don't think it's really a hillstream
loach because there is another loach whose body is shaped more like the
Yoyo/zebra/clown/Pakistani/queen/orange-tailed loaches that is also called a
hillstream loach.
As usual, I can't seem to find the appropriate links right now although I
believe the Loaches-online site (www.loaches.com) is one 'authority' that
had the butterfly pleco picture.
Another one I've seen listed as a hillstream loach was what looked to me
like a bronze cory. This site actually said that this fish was incorrectly
called a chinese-algae-eater in many places so they wanted to correct the
info. ie. Their correction was at least as wrong as the mistake.
Shannon
In any case, those wondering about flounders, have a look at these pictures
and see if that's what you are talking about:
http://www.loaches.com/beaufortia_kweichowensis.shtml
>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 19:21:49 -0500
>From: "Cathy Hartland" <hartland at nfis_com>
>On 3 Nov 99, at 15:48, Aquatic Plants Digest wrote:
>
>> > They almost always have small freshwater flounders in stock at the
>> > Aquarium
>> > Center in Randallstown, MD.
>> >
>> allyson, are you sure these are FW flounders or just babies of native SW
>> (i forgot the specific term for fish where the babies live in FW but as
>> adults move to SW) species ???
>
>Are you sure they are flounders at all? Last time I was at the
>Aquarium Center I didn't see any flounders, but they do regularly
>stock Hillstream Loaches, which look remarkably like flounder.
>These are freshwater fish which are about 2" long. Is this what
>everyone is talking about?
>Cathy Hartland