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Neogastromyzon brunei
Neogastromyzon brunei Tan, 2006

Family:  Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Max. size:  4.1 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Temburong River basin in Brunei Darussalam.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal soft rays: 5-5. Can be distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following unique combination of characters: body dark brown, dorsum with 8-9 light brown bars, side with bars interrupted to form irregular shaped blotches, head dorsum brown with thin light brown reticulate pattern; absence of secondary rostrum; absence of sublacrymal groove; presence of deep postoral pouch; presence of subopercular groove; gill slit slanted, gill opening above 5th pectoral branched fin ray; pectoral fin origin level about half of eye; an elongate rounded snout when viewed dorsally; abdomen without scales; lateral line with 86-95 scales; pectoral fin not overlapping anterior of pelvic fin; pelvic fin not overlapping anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping level of anal fin origin (Ref. 57871).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 January 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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