Loaches are freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, small bottom-dwelling fishes with a flattened ventral profile. Many of the 160 species are brightly-colored and popular with freshwater aquarists. Some species are popular as food fish in Japan.

• Horseface Loach — Acantopsis choirorhynchus
• Longnose Loach — Acantopsis octoactinotos

Cultural Note

Referenced by Shakespeare in Henry IV, part 1: "Why, they will allow us ne'er a jordan, and then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds fleas like a loach." (Act 2)

? (Acanthocobitis , Gastromyzon to Balitoridae, river loaches )

External link

• Loaches Online