These loach are apparently capricious in their habits; certain spots abound with them, in others you may search the stream in vain for a long distance.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
There is such a plentiful supply of larvae, caddis, "stone-loach," fresh-water shrimps, crayfish, and other crustaceans, to say nothing of flies, minnows, and small fry, that a trout would very seldom attack a snake.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
The pond beyond the garden contained a quantity of carp and loach.
"A Nobleman's Nest"
Ivan Turgenieff