Borneo Sucker or Hillstream Loach
Borneo Sucker or Hillstream Loach
By : anonymous
Common Name: Borneo Sucker or Hillstream Loach ...
Common Name(s): Stingray Pleco, Hong Kong Pleco, Borneo Sucker, Hillstream Loach, Chinese Butterfly Fish, Butterfly Pleco, Butterfly Loach
Family: Balitoridae
Species Type: Asian Loaches ...
Chinese Hillstream LoachBorneo Sucker, Hillstream Loach, Hong Kong Pleco, Butterfly Loach
Family: Balitoridae
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I found two species of Borneo sucker in this small river.
The next collection point was the lowland swamp forest not far from Serian. The water is a bit black coloured.
(common name is Borneo sucker fish / hill stream loach) It is a bottom dwelling fish which has a very unique suction cup formed by it's fins and body.
This fish has several common names including Borneo Sucker, Stingray Pleco, Butterfly Pleco and China Sucker. While they may resemble the plecostomus they are not closely related.
Gastromyzon punctulatus, Inger & Chin, 1961
Spotted Hill-stream loach, Borneo Sucker, Hong Kong Pleco
Origin: Indonesia, on the island Borneo. Here the fish occur in flowing water, among which the Baleh river ...
But the Borneo Sucker or " Hillstram Loach" was too hot and it could not stick itself to the glass and just gave up and it let the current take control and finally sank to the bottom where it laid until its heart stopped beating and turned black.
 See also: Fish, Water, Species, Aquarium, Loach
  
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