Acantopsis octoactinotos

Acantopsis octoactinotos has a long straight snout, unlike the similar Horseface loach , in which the snout has a down-turned shape.

The Acantopsis octoactinotos lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Acantopsis octoactinotos or the Long-nosed loach is a freshwater fish from Indonesia, commonly found in aquariums. Acantopsis octoactinotos has a long straight snout, unlike the similar Horseface loach (Acantopsis choirorhynchus), in which the snout has a down-turned shape. The Long-nosed loach reaches 4. More

Acantopsis octoactinotos is a long slender fish with an elongated snout. This fish looks similar to the Horsefaced loach (A. choirorhynchus), but is slower growing. It can be distinguished from that species in a number of ways. More

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Acantopsis octoactinotos on Fish Mapper TSN 639713 (Taxonomic Serial Number) Retrieved on from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System online database. This is a cached copy. More

Acantopsis octoactinotos, a new species of horse-faced loach (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from Sabah, Malaysia. Copeia 1991 (no. 4): 910-915. More

Common names

Sekavec lesklý in Czech (česky)
八線小刺眼鰍 in Mandarin Chinese
八線小刺眼鰍 in Unknown
八线小刺眼鳅 in Mandarin Chinese
八线小刺眼鳅 in Unknown

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cobitidae
Genus : Acantopsis
Species : Acantopsis octoactinotos
Authority : SIebert, 1991