Clown Loach

Native

The clown loach, Chromobotia macracanthus, or tiger botia is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cobitidae (loach) family. It is the sole member of the Chromobotia genus. It originates in inland waters in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

Description

Their body is elongated and mostly asymmetrical. Loaches have barbells(or feelers) around their mouth and are bottom dwelling fish with flattened undersides. Their bodies are often armed with erect spines-such as those situated in front of the eyes-which act as defense mechanism. Loaches may take air from surface and extract oxygen in the gut. This shows that they have evolved to live in stagnant waters. Clown Loaches are very active fishes with funny behavioral characteristics as rolling over and lying around as if dead!. The maximum size in aquarium is 30cm.