Acantopsis octoactinotos
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Acantopsis octoactinotos or the Long-nosed loach is a freshwater fish from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, commonly found in aquariums.

Acantopsis octoactinotos has a long straight snout, unlike the similar Horseface loach
Horseface Loach
The horseface loach or horsehead loach, Acantopsis choirorhynchos, is a freshwater and brackish fish in the loach family . This bottom-dwelling fish is native to the swift, clear streams and rivers of mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia through the Chao Phraya and...

(Acantopsis choirorhynchus), in which the snout has a down-turned shape. The Long-nosed loach reaches 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) in length, males typically being smaller and slenderer than females.

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