Loaches are small fishes that adapted for bottom dwelling life. The bodies are sub-cylindrical with flattened ventral  aspect. They all belong to family Cobitidae of super family Cobitoidea (Loaches) under the Order Cypriniformes. They  have a sub-orbital spine on their cheeks below the eyes. The body is covered with minute cycloid scales and they possess three or more pairs of short barbels (Nelson, 1976). They do not have air bladder as they always settle ...