Physa Snail, Pouch Snail, Tadpole Snail
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Pouch/Tadpole Snail - Physa sp.
hymenophysa, and it also has three pairs of barbels. The general coloration is cream or pale yellow. The flanks have 10 or 11 rather indistinct transverse bars-much fainter than in B.
Valonia macrophysa - smaller clustered elongated bubbles
Boergesenia - clustered, though less dense in numbers and elongated bubble shapes
Ventricaria ventricosa - can get quite large (around and inch) and grows in clusters and in singles ...
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The commonest "pest" snails are MTS (Melanoides tuberculata), common pond snails (Physa species), and common ramshorn snails (Planorbis species).
hymenophysa) of Borneo, Java, Malaysia, and Sumatra; and the Banded or Zebra Loach ( B. striata ) of India.
HAB: Widespread in streams and rivers in Southeast Asia; Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia
S: bottom ...
As regards the gastropods, some species are considered pests - physas, for instance - while others, such as the Planorbidae, Ampullaria, and Malaysian snails, play a positive ecological role, above all by feeding on unwanted algae.
Nalbant, T. T. (2004), "Hymenphysa, Hymenophysa, Syncrossus, Chromobotia and other problems in the systematics of Botiidae. A reply to Maurice Kottelat," Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 47, pp. 269-277.
Asterophysus: From the Greek aster, meaning star and physa, meaning bellows; in reference to the blind viliform processes around the periphery of the swimbladder characteristic of this genus.
Species Information
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Synonym: Botia hymenophysa; Syncrossus berdmorei; Botia berdmorei
Common Names: Blyth's loach
Family: Cobitidae (Loaches), ...
Synonyms: None, often mislabelled Botia striata or Botia hymenophysa in shops.
First European import:Germany, 1929, by E. Riechers.
Description: See picture, every greyish band has a dark side.
*aka: Nile puffer, Band puffer, globe fish, butterfly coral fish, [invalid synonyms: Tetraodon lineatus lineatus, Tetraodon lineatum , Crayracion fahaca, Tetraodon fahaka, Tetraodon fahaka fahaka, Tetraodon physa, Tetraodon fahaka strigosus, ...
- Snails: The link below will show you about aquarium apple snails and pond snails (ramshorn (planorbula) and apple-type pond snail (physa)). Some snails will eat your plants, but mainly they prefer algae.
" which is distinct from Physa fontinalis, the American pond snail, "...will devour Hydra with relish." The authors then devote a paragraph to the snail's hydra-munching abilities. L. stagnalis is native to England, I think.
- Assassin snails or Anentome Helena (Clea Helena) aren't just attractive in an aquarium, but also an effective presence to get rid of uncontrolled multiplication of snails, especially brown snail parasites from planorbis and physa families.
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