How to catch a Stone Loach. Try some time between late evening and night fall. Very clean rivers with clean stoney beds are the preferred habitat for loach. Small live baits of squats, red worms or blood worm are good choices along with light equipment. Where to catch a Stone Loach. River fisheries such as the River Avon and River Severn hold. As in the wild Stone Loach are a river fish they require high oxygen levels and have a low tolerance to poor water quality. Stone Loach will take sinking pond pellets, worms and blood worm. They like gravel bottoms ideally with larger stones or bog wood they can use as cover.
Scientific Name | Synonyms | Common Name |
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Aborichthys elongatus | Noemacheilus elongatus | Red tailed, striped sand loach, Red tailed squirrel loach |
Aborichthys kempi | Noemacheilus kempi | |
Aborichthys unknown01 | Red Tailed Striped Sand Loach, Red Tailed Squirrel Loach | |
Acanthocobitis botia | Botia nebulosa, B. mackenziei, Cobitis botia, Nemacheilus botia | Zipper Loach |
Acanthocobitis pavonacea | Cobitis pavonacea, Noemacheilus pavonaceus, Schistura pavonaceus, Nemacheilus pavonaceus | |
Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis | Cherry Fin Loach | |
Acanthocobitis urophthalmus | Ocellated Loach, Banded Mountain Loach | |
Acanthocobitis zonalternans | Cobitis zonalternans, Nemacheilus zonalternans, Noemacheilus zonalternans | |
Acantopsis choirorhynchus | Acantopsis biaculeata, A. choerorhynchus, A. dialuzona, A. dialyzona, A. diazona | Horse Faced Loach, Long Nosed Loach |
Acantopsis octoactinotos | Long Nosed Loach | |
Acanthopsoides molobrion | Dwarf Horseface Loach | |
Annamia normani | Parhomaloptera sp, Annamia unknown01 | Vietnamese Homaloptera, Vietnamese Giraffe Loach |
Balitora brucei | Balitora maculata, Homaloptera brucei, H. maculata, Platycara maculata | Gray's Stone Loach |
Barbatula barbatula | Nemacheilus barbatulus barbatulus, Nemachilus barbatulus, Noemacheilus barbatulus, N. barbulatus, Orthrias barbatulus, plus numerous others. | Stone Loach, plus numerous local names due to wide international distribution |
Barbatula toni | Cobitis toni, Nemacheilus toni | Siberian Stone Loach |
Barbucca diabolica | ||
Beaufortia kweichowensis | Beaufortia leverreti kweichowensis | Hillstream Loach, Chinese Hill Stream Loach, Chinese Butterfly Loach, Borneo sucker, Hong-kong Plec |
Botia almorhae | Botia lohachata | Yo-Yo Loach, Pakistani Loach |
Botia dario | Queen Loach, Bengal Loach | |
Botia histrionica | Burmese Loach, Golden Zebra Loach, Silver Striped Loach | |
Botia kubotai | Botia angelicus | Polka Dot loach, Marble Loach, Cloud Botia, Angelicus Loach, Burmese Border Loach |
Botia rostrata | Botia dayii, Botia geto | Twin-banded Loach, Ladder Loach, Dohser (India), Gangetic Loach (India), Sergeant Major Loach |
Botia striata | Striped Loach, Zebra Loach, Thin Line Loach | |
Botia udomritthiruji | Botia species 'Tenasserim River', Emperor Botia | |
Botia unknown03 | (Botia sp.aff.rostrata) | |
Chromobotia macracanthus | Botia macracanthus | Clown Loach |
Cobitis choii | Iksookimia choii | Graceful Loach |
Cobitis granoei | Cobitis granoei olivai, C. taenia granoei, C. taenia sibirica | Northern Loach, Siberian Spiny Loach |
Cobitis lutheri | Cobitis taenia lutheri | Luther's Spiny Loach, Speckled Loach |
Cobitis striata | Cobitis taenia striata | Striped Loach |
Cobitis taenia taenia | Cobitis taenia dalmatina, C. taenia danubialis, C. taenia narentana, C. taenia ohrindana, C. spilura, C. taenioides | Spined Loach, Spiny Loach, plus local names over vast range. |
Crossostoma lacustre | Formosania lacustre | Tasseled-mouth loach |
Erromyzon sinensis | Protomyzon sinensis | |
Gastromyzon ctenocephalus | Gastromyzon punctulatus | Spotted Hillstream Loach |
Gastromyzon danumensis | ||
Gastromyzon lepidogaster | ||
Gastromyzon ocellatus | Gastromyzon ctenocephalus | Spiney-Headed Hillstream Loach |
Gastromyzon scitulus | Spiney Headed Hillstream Loach (because of confusion with G. ctenocephalus) | |
Gastromyzon stellatus | ||
Gastromyzon unknown01 | Hillstream loach | |
Gastromyzon unknown02 | Hillstream Loach | |
Gastromyzon unknown03 | Hillstream Loach | |
Gastromyzon unknown04 | Hillstream Loach | |
Gastromyzon unknown05 | Hillstream Loach | |
Gastromyzon viriosus | Yellow Finned Hillstream Loach | |
Gastromyzon zebrinus | ||
Glaniopsis multiradiata | ||
Hemimyzon formosanus | Hemimyzon formosanum, Homaloptera formosana | |
Homaloptera species (unidentified) | Lizard Loach, Gecko Loach | |
Homaloptera bilineata | Nemacheilus serpentarius | Lizard Loach, Gecko Loach |
Homaloptera cf.ogilviei | Homaloptera bilineata, H. confuzona, H. orthogoniata, H. parclitella | Lizard Loach, Gecko Loach |
Homaloptera confuzona | Lizard Loach, Gecko Loach | |
Homaloptera gymnogaster | Homaloptera amphisquamata, H. lepidogaster, H modigliani, H. modiglianii | Lizard Loach, Lizard Fish |
Homaloptera orthogoniata | Saddleback Loach, Orchid Loach, Gecko Loach, Lizard Loach | |
Homalopteroides smithi | Homaloptera lineata, Homaloptera smithi | Green Lizard Loach, Lizard Fish, Lizard Catfish, Gecko Fish |
Homaloptera stephensoni | ||
Homalopteroides tweediei | Homaloptera tweediei | Lizard Loach, Lizard Fish, Lizard Catfish, Gecko Fish |
Homaloptera yunnanensis | Balitoropsis yunnanensis | |
Homaloptera zollingeri (see also: Liniparhomaloptera disparis ) | Black Lizard Loach, Lizard Fish, Lizard Catfish, Gecko Fish | |
Iksookimia koreensis | Cobitis koreensis kooreensis | Korean Loach |
Iksookimia longicorpa | ||
Iksookimia pumila | Cobitis koreenis pumilis | Sandy Korean Loach |
Jinshaia sinensis | Hemimyzon sinensis, Homaloptera sinensis, Psilorhynchus sinensis | Chinese Hillstream Loach |
Koreocobitis rotundicaudata | Cobitis rotundicaudata, Iksookimia rotundicaudata | White Nosed Loach, Round Tailed Loach |
Kottelatlimia katik | Lepidocephalichthys katik | |
Kottelatlimia pristes | Lepidocephalichthys pristes | Mini Royal Loach |
Lefua costata | Diplophysa costata, Lefua costata costata | Eight Barbel Loach, Rice Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei | Acanthopsis berdmorei, Cobitis berdmorei, Lepidocephalus berdmorei | Giant Peppered Loach, Pepper Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys furcatus | Lepidocephalus furcatus | Peppered Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys guntea | Cobitis guntea, Lepidocephalichthys guntea balgara, Lepidocephalus guntea, L. guntea balgara, | Peppered Loach |
Lepidicephalichthys cf. guntea | Cobitis guntea, Lepidocephalichthys guntea | Panther Loach, Platinum Line Loach |
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti | Cobitis hasselti, Lepidocephalus hasselti | |
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi | Lepidocephalus jonklaasi | Jonklaas's Loach |
Lepidicephalichthys tomaculum | Peppered Loach, Pepper Loach | |
Lepidocephalus macrochir | Cobitis macrochir, Lepidocephalichthys pallens, Lepidocephalus pallens | |
Lepidocephalus thermalis | Cobitis thermalis, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis | Indian Spiny Loach, Common Spiny Loach |
Lepidocephalus cf. thermalis | Vietnamese Marbled Hogface Loach | |
Leptobotia elongata | Royal Clown Loach | |
Leptobotia guilinensis | ||
Leptobotia hengyangensis | ||
Leptobotia microphthalma | Chinese Loach | |
Leptobotia pellegrini | Chinese Loach | |
Leptobotia rubrilabris | Vermilion Botia (in Chinese) | |
Leptobotia taeniops | Botia purpurea, Cobitis cha-ny, Leptobotia purpurea, L. taeniaps (mis-spelling), Parabotia taeniops | |
Leptobotia tientaienensis | ||
Leptobotia sp. (Unknown) | Multiple unidentified Chinese Leptobotia species | |
Liniparhomaloptera disparis disparis | Homaloptera disparis, Liniparhomaloptera disparis, Parahomaloptera disparis | Broken Band Hillstream Loach, Lizard Fish |
Longischistura striata | Nemacheilus striatus, Noemacheilus striatus | |
Mesonemacheilus triangularis | Noemacheilus triangularis triangularis, Nemacheilus triangularis | Batik Loach, Zodiac Loach |
Mesonoemacheilus guentheri | Nemacheilus guentheri, Noemacheilus guentheri | |
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | Cobitis anguillicaudata, Misgurnus crossochilus, M. lividus, M. fossilis anguillicaudatus, Ussuria lepocephala | Weather Loach, Dojo Loach, Oriental Weather Fish, Pond Loach |
Misgurnus fossilis | Cobitis fossilis | Eurasian Weather Loach, Weatherfish |
Misgurnus mizolepis | Misgurnus mizolepis fukien, M. mizolepis hainan, M. mizolepis mizolepis | Chinese Weather Loach, Mud Loach, Pond Loach |
Nemacheilus angorae | Nemachilus angorae, Orthrias angorae angorae | Angora Loach |
Nemacheilus anguilla | Nemacheilus poonaensis, Noemacheilus anguilla | Black Lined Loach |
Nemacheilus binotatus | ||
Nemacheilus chrysolaimos | Cobitis chrysolaimos | |
Nemacheilus elegantissimus | Elegant Loach | |
Nemacheilus fasciatus | Cobitis fasciata, Homaloptera fasciatus, Nemacheilus jaklesii | Red Tail Banded Loach, Barred Loach, Stream Loach |
Nemacheilus masyai | Nemacheilus masyae, Noemacheilus masyae | Arrow Loach, Checkerboard Sand Loach |
Nemacheilus olivaceus | Nemachilus olivaceus | |
Nemacheilus ornatus | Ornate Sand Loach | |
Nemacheilus oxianus | Nemachilus brandti oxianus, N. oxianus, Noemacheilus oxianus, Orthrias brandtii | |
Nemacheilus pallidus | Nemacheilus masyae | Checkerboard Sand Loach, Sand Loach |
Nemacheilus ruppelli | Cobitis rueppelli, Mesonoemacheilus rueppelli, Nemachilichthys rueppelli, Noemacheilus rueppelli | Mongoose Loach |
Nemacheilus selangoricus | Nemacheilus kuiperi, Nemachilus selangoricus | Kuiper's Loach, Fighting Loach |
Nemacheilus troglocataractus | ||
Neogastromyzon crassiobex | ||
Neohomaloptera johorensis | Homaloptera johorensis | Lizard Fish, Gecko Fish |
Neonoemacheilus labeosus | Nemacheilus labeosus, Noemacheilus labeosus, N. assamensis | |
Niwaella delicata | Cobitis delicata | Japanese Loach |
Niwaella multifasciata | Cobitis multifasciata | |
Pangio alternans | Borneo Kuhli Loach | |
Pangio anguillaris | Eel Loach, Eel Kuhli/Coolie | |
Pangio cf. anguillaris | Brown Eel Kuhli Loach | |
Pangio cuneovirgata | Pangio robignosa, Acanthopthalmus cuneovirgata | Khuli Loach |
Pangio doriae | Eucirrhichthys doriae | Golden Eel Loach, Golden Eel Kuhli/Coolie, Pink Kuhli |
Pangio filinaris | Kuhli Loach | |
Pangio kuhlii | Acanthophthalmus kuhlii, Cobitis kuhlii | Kuhli Loach, Coolie Loach, Leopard Eel, Prickly Eye |
Pangio malayana | Acanthophthalmus kuhlii malayanus | Kuhli Loach |
Pangio myersi | Acanthophthalmus mysersi | Giant Kuhli, Myer's loach, Myer's Kuhli |
Pangio oblonga | Pangio javanicus, Acanthophthalmus javanicus | Black Kuhli, Chocolate Kuhli, Cinnamon Loach, Java Loach |
Pangio pangia | Cobitis pangia, Cobitis cinnamomea, Acanthophthalmus pangia, Canthophrys rubiginosus, Pangia cinnamomea | Cinnamon Loach, Cinnamon Kuhli Loach |
Pangio piperata | Brown Kuhli Loach | |
Pangio semicincta | Acanthophthalmus semicinctus, Pangio semicinctus | Half Banded Kuhli Loach |
Pangio shelfordi | Acanthophthalmus shelfordi, Acanthophthalmus muraeniformis | Borneo Loach, Shelford's Loach, Spotted Eel Loach, Spotted Kuhli Loach |
Pangio unknown01 | Panda Kuhli Loach, Panda Coolie Loach | |
Parabotia banarescui | ||
Parabotia fasciata | Botia fasciata, B. multifasciata, B. wui, B. xanthi, Leptobotia hopeiensis, L. intermedia, L. kudoii, L. kudorii, L. kwangsiensis, Nemachilus xanthi, Parabotia fasciatus | Ringelschmerle (Germany) |
Parabotia lijiangensis | Chinese Loach | |
Parabotia maculosa | Botia maculosa | |
Paracobitis variegatus | Barbatula berezowskii, B. oxygnatha, Homatula variegatus, Nemacheilus berezowskii, N. oxygnathus, Nemachilus berezowskii, N. oxygnathus, N. variegatus | |
Parhomaloptera microstoma | ||
Physoschistura shanensis | Schistura shanensis, Nemacheilus shanensis, Noemacheilus shanansis | Lake Inle Loach |
Protomyzon whiteheadi | Homaloptera whiteheadi | |
Pseudogastromyzon cheni | Chinese Hillstream Loach | |
Pseudogastromyzon fangi | Crossostoma fangi | |
Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus | Psilorhynchus fasciatus, Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus jiulongjiangensis | Chinese Zebra Loach, Chinese Zebra Sucker |
Pseudogastromyzon myersi | Myer's Hillstream Loach | |
Sabanejewia balcanica | Golden Spined Loach | |
Schistura balteata | Nemacheilus balteatus | Tri Band Sumo Loach |
Schistura beavani | Nemacheilus beavani, Nemachilus beavani, Noemacheilus beavani | Banded Loach, Creek Loach |
Schistura cf. balteata | Sumo Loach, Vietnamese Banded Sumo Loach | |
Schistura carbonaria | 'Danang' Loach, Vietnamese Banded Sumo Loach | |
Schistura corica | Cobitis corica, Nemacheilus corica, Noemacheilus corica | Polka Dotted Loach |
Schistura deansmarti | ||
Schistura finis | ||
Schistura geisleri | Polka Dotted Loach | |
Schistura jarutanini | ||
Schistura kaysonei | ||
Schistura kohchangensis | Ornate Tiger Sand Loach | |
Schistura maepaiensis | ||
Noemacheilus magnifluvis | ||
Schistura mahnerti | Burmese Border Loach, Burmese Border Sand Loach, Red Tail Sand Loach | |
Schistura menanensis | Noemacheilus menanensis | |
Schistura multifasciata | Nemacheilus multifasciatus, Nemacheilus multifasciatus, Noemacheilus multifasciatus | |
Schistura nicholsi | Nemacheilus nicholsi, N. thai , Noemacheilus thai, Schistura thai | |
Schistura notostigma | Nemacheilus notostigma, Nemachilus notostigma, Noemacheilus notostigma | Spotback Loach, Banded Mountain Loach |
Schistura obeini | ||
Schistura oedipus | ||
Schistura poculi | Nemacheilus poculi, Noemacheilus poculi | |
Schistura pridii | Mini Dragon Loach | |
Schistura reidi | Nemacheilus reidi, Noemacheilus reidi | |
Schistura robertsi | ||
Schistura rupecula | Nemacheilus rapicola, N. rupecola, N. rupecula, Nemachilus rupecola, Noemacheilus rupecola, Noemacheilus rupecola rupecola, (last 3 are all misspellings) Nemacheilus rupicola, Nemachilus rupicola, Noemacheilus rupicola | Stone Loach (in Nepal) |
Schistura savona | Half Banded Loach | |
Schistura scaturigina | Cobitis scaturigina, C. subfusca, Nemacheilus mugah, N. scaturigina, N. schebbeuri, N. zonatus, Nemachilus mugah, N. shebbearei, N. scaturigina, N. subfuscus, N. zonatus, Noemacheilus scaturigina, N. shebbearei, N. zonatus, Schistura zonata | Victory Loach |
Schistura sexcauda | Nemacheilus fowlerianus, N. sexcauda, Noemacheilus sexcauda | |
Schistura similis | ||
Schistura sp. aff paucifasciata | ||
Schistura sp. 'Crimson' | Crimson Loach, Jasper Loach | |
Schistura spiesi | ||
Schistura spilota | Noemacheilus spilotus | Giant Schistura |
Schistura unknown01 | ||
Schistura unknown02 | ||
Schistura unknown03 | ||
Schistura unknown04 | ||
Schistura unknown06 | Unidentified Schistura species, probably related to S. kohchangensis | |
Schistura unknown07 | ||
Schistura vinciguerrae | Nemacheilus putaoensis, N. vinciguerrae, Nemachilus vinciguerrae, Noemacheilus vinciguerrae, | |
Schistura waltoni | Nemacheilus waltoni, Noemacheilus waltoni | |
Serpenticobitis cingulata | ||
Sewellia lineolata | Gold Ring Butterfly Sucker, Reticulated Hillstream Loach, Tiger Hillstream Loach | |
Sewellia sp.'spotted' | Probably undescribed, but currently known as Sewellia sp. 'spotted' | Spotted Sewellia, Sewellia 'special' |
Sinibotia pulchra | Botia gigantea, B. pulchra, B. superciliaris | Twelve Banded Chinese Loach, Golden Chinese Loach |
Sinibotia reevesae | Botia reevesae | |
Sinibotia robusta | Botia hexafurca, Botia robusta | Chinese Golden Zebra loach, Kansu loach |
Sinibotia superciliaris | Botia superciliaris | Golden Chinese Loach |
Sinibotia longiveventralis | Botia longiventralis | |
Sinogastromyzon puliensis | Giant Grey Hillstream Loach | |
Sinogastromyzon wui | Sinogastromyzon intermedius, Sinogastromyzon sanhoensis | Chinese Butterfly Loach, Butterfly Hillstream Loach, Chinese Sucker |
Somileptus gongota | Canthophrys albescens, C. bispinosa, Cobitis amnicola, C. cucura, C. gongota, C. oculata, Somileptes bispinosa, Somileptus gongota | Mooseface Loach, Jaguar Loach, Gongota Loach |
Syncrossus beauforti | Botia beauforti | Beaufort's Loach, Tiger Botia, Chameleon Loach |
Syncrossus berdmorei | Botia berdmorei | Burmese Peppered Firetail Botia, Blyth's Loach, Tiger Botia, Berdmore's Loach |
Syncrossus helodes | Botia helodes | Banded Tiger loach. Tiger Botia |
Syncrossus hymenophysa | Botia hymenophysa, Cobitis hymenophysa | Tiger loach, Tiger Botia, Green Tiger Loach |
Syncrossus reversa | Botia reversa | |
Syncrossus unknown01 | Laos Yellow Tiger Botia/Loach | |
Traccatichthys pulcher | Micronemacheilus pulcher, Micronoemacheilus pulcher, Nemacheilus pulcher | Beautiful Hillstream Loach, Mountain Loach, Rainbow Loach |
Traccatichthys taeniatus | Micronemacheilus taeniatus | Peppermint Loach |
Triplophysa siluroides | Nemachilus siluroides | Catfish-like Loach |
Tuberoschistura arakanensis | Rosy Loach | |
Vaillantella cinnamomea | Brown Fork-Tail Loach | |
Vaillantella maassi | Fork-Tail Loach, Spiny Eel Loach, Giant Scissortail Loach | |
Vanmanenia hainanensis | Lizard fish | |
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata | Botia caudipunctata | Speckletail loach |
Yasuhikotakia eos | Botia eos | Sun Loach |
Yasuhikotakia lecontei | Botia lecontei | Silver Loach, Yellow-finned Loach |
Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis | Botia longidorsalis | |
Yasuhikotakia modesta | Botia modesta, B. rubrippinis | Orange Finned Loach, Red Finned Loach, Blue Botia, Red Tailed Botia |
Yasuhikotakia morleti | Botia horae, B. morleti | Hora Loach, Skunk Botia |
Ambastaia nigrolineata | Botia nigrolineata | Black Lined Loach |
Ambastaia sidthimunki | Botia sidthimunki | Dwarf Chain Loach, Dwarf Loach, Dwarf Botia, Chipmunk Botia, 'Sid' |
Yasuhikotakia splendida | Botia splendida | |
Yunnanilus brevis | Eonemachilus brevis, Nemacheilus brevis, Nemachilus brevis, Noemacheilus brevis | Inle Loach |
Yunnanilus cruciatus | Micronemacheilus cruciatus, Nemacheilus cruciatus | Vietnamese Multi Banded Zebra Loach, Hovering Zebra Loach |
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