| Family: |
Cobitidae (Spined loaches) |
| Max. size: |
6.55 cm SL (male/unsexed); 8.49 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Kyoto prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 40-44. This species can be diagnosed by the following characters: maxillary barbel short, more of the same eye diameter; adult males with lamina circularis simple and roundish; upper segments of the first branched ray of the pectoral fin narrow; prepelvic myotome 14; line L5 organized in 11-17 oblong or ovoid blotches out of spawning season, and lines L3 and L5 in adult male well-developed longitudinal obvious stripes during spawning season; lower and upper spot at caudal base not connected; tetraploid (Ref. 118115).
Description: Dorsal-fin rays iii, 7; anal-fin rays iii, 5; pectoral-fin rays i, 7-8; and pelvic-fin rays ii, 6 (Ref. 118115). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in the middle and lower reaches of rivers with sandy-mud bottom (Ref. 118115). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 07 December 2017 (B2ab(iii,v)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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