2 Half banded kuhlii loaches (Pangio semicincta) lying on top of each other, they are both facing a different way. In front of them is a small pink ramshorn snail. The picture is from my old fish tank. Pangio is a genus of small, eel like fresh water fish. These guys are cream colored with big chocolate colored bands / saddles on their back that don't go all the way around (half banded), and tiny dark eyes.

I want a bigger fish tank (1m long would be cool) so I can turn it into a black water tank and breed these little noodles ❤️

They don't breed easily in captivity so naturally I want to do it.

#pangio #loaches #fishtank

‘Heinrich Harder was a German artist and an art professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin best known for his depictions of extinct animals.’ Wikipedia Image from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10028012#page/91/mode/1up

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Schlammpeitzker.’
Illustration by #HeinrichHarder (1858-1935 👉ALT)
*Unsere Süßwasserfische* (Leipzig 1913) Pl. 31
#wildlife #fish #freshwaterfish #Schlammpeitzger #weatherfish #loaches #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #IllustrationArtists