| Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| 9.26 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Asia: Nanting River drainage in Yunnan China. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: snout blunt; lateral line complete; 8 1/2 branched dorsal-fin rays; 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays; no sexual dimorphism; 8-11 indistinct bars, wider than interspaces; caudal-peduncle length 14.1-16.5% standard length, 68.1-90.4% HL; anterior portion of body scaleless; air bladder entirely embedded in bony capsule; lateral head length 105.0-121.9% head length; lower jaw with a notch at symphysis; lower lip completely interrupted; interorbital width 1.9-2.2 times eye diameter; pelvic-fin origin ventral to dorsal-fin origin; anus 1.0-1.5 eye diameter anterior of anal-fin origin; the widest part of black basal caudal bar is the midlateral, and then the upper and lower ends (Ref. 56368).
Description: dorsal-fin rays 3, 81/2; branched anal-fin rays 5 1/2; pectoral-fin rays 1, 10; pelvic-fin rays 1,7; |
| Inhabits streams with clear and swift current, rocky bottom (Ref. 56368 ). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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