List of loach species that have been bred in an aquarium

This is an ever growing list of the species of loach confirmed to have spawned in aquarium without the use of hormones or artificial fertilisation, thankfully as our knowledge base expands and more people start to keep loaches spawnings are becoming more common place.

Acanthopsoides gracilis

Acanthopsoides molobrion

Annamia normani

Ambastaia nigrolineata

Ambastaia sidthimunki

Barbatula barbatula

Beaufortia kweichowensis

Beaufortia zebroida

Botia almorhae

Botia histrionica

Botia kubotai

Botia striata

Cobitis paludica

Cobitis rara

Cobitis taenia

Cobitis turrica

Erromyzon kalotaenia

Erromyson sp ‘Red spot’

Gastromyzon ctenocephaus

Gastromyzon lepidogaster

Gastromyzon scitulus

Gastromyzon stellatus

Gastromyzon zebrinus

Homaloptera confuzona

Homaloptera orthogoniata

Homaloptera smithi

Lepidocephalichthys guntea

Lepidocephalichthys hasselti

Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

Liniparhomaloptera disparis

Lefua costata

Mesonoemacheilus guentheri

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

Micronemacheilus cruciatus

Misigurnus anguillicaudatus

Misigurnus fossilis

Nemacheilus argyrogaster

Pangio cuneovirgata

Pangio doriae

Pangio myersi

Pangio oblonga

Pangio semicincta

Paramisgurnus dabryanus

Paracanthocobitis botia

Paracanthocobitis nigrolineata

Petruicthys brevis

Physoschistura mango

Physoschistura brunea

Plesiomyzon baotigensis

Pseudogastromyzon cheni

Pseudogastromyzon fangi

Pseudogastromyzon laticeps

Pseudogastromyzon peristictus

Sabanejewia vallachica

Schistura balteata

Schistura cf balteata

Schistura corica

Schistura kohchangensis

Schistura notostigma

Schistura savona

Schistura sp

Serpenticobitis octozona

Sewellia cf breviventralis

Sewellia lineolata

Sewellia marmorata

Sewellia speciosa

Sewellia sp ‘Spotted’ 

Traccatichthys taeniatus

Yaoshania pachychilus

Yasuhikotakia splendida


Spawning articles:

Coming soon