Fish, stone loach family
Stone loach
- Maximum length
- 21cm
- Maximum weight
- 0,1kg
- Best water temperature
- 8–18 °C
- Water today (4.1 °C)
- Tolerates it, but slowed down
- Fishing districts near where it occurs
- 4
About the species Stone loach
How to recognise it
Six barbels around the mouth, an elongated marbled body and tiny scales.
Where it lives
Clean streams and rivers with a gravel bed, under stones during the day.
What it feeds on
Bottom invertebrates.
Spawning
From March to May on gravel.
A small fish that indicates cleaner water.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Tolerates it, but slowed downTypical water in Slovakia is 4.1 °C today. The species tolerates this temperature (1 to 24 °C), but the water is colder than the ideal 8 to 18 °C. Fish tend to be slower and pickier.
- tolerates 1 to 24 °C
- best 8 to 18 °C
- spawning at 8 to 14 °C
- typical water today 4.1 °C
- Length
- up to 21 cm
- Weight
- up to 0.1 kg
- Oxygen
- Requires a lot of oxygen
- Position in the food chain
- 3,0omnivore and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
4 fishing districts in total. Show on map
Similar species
Photo credits
- Stone loach: Photo: –Xocolatl (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- European bullhead (sculpin): Photo: Piet Spaans, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Gudgeon: Photo: Viridiflavus at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: Piet Spaans), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.