| Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| 7.22 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Asia: River Ve, Thra Kuc Huong, River Thu Bon and River Quang Tri which drain to the Vietnamese coast. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Body with 6-10 regular dark bars; head without pattern; predorsal bars not meeting their homologues on back in most specimens; predorsal and dorsal part of the body darker in nearly half grown and adult specimens; posterior bars regularly shaped, not dissociated; black bar at caudal fin base complete; inner rostral barbel reaching base of maxillary barbel, a median incision in upper lip in most specimens; processus dentiformis short and broad; intestine with a wide loop, anteriorly reaching to stomach; long dorsal crests on caudal peduncle; lateral line complete, reaching behind anal fin base (Ref. 40772). |
| Occurs in medium-sized rivers in highest abundance in riffles with rocks and gravel substratum and high water velocities (Ref. 40772). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 August 2010 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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