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Etymology: Mystacoleucus: Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers + Greek, leykos = white (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr James Cowan Greenway Jr (1903–1989) was an American collector and ornithologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Pellegrin & Fang.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Mekong basin. Reported from the Chao Phraya (Ref. 26336).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27732)
A pair of maxillary barbels; a black distal margin on the dorsal fin; numerous scales on the sides with dark crescent-shaped marks on their base (Ref. 27732). Body relatively slender, depth 3.3-3.5 times in SL (Ref. 43281).
Inhabits streams with clear, swift waters, often close to riffles (Ref. 27732).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 1998. Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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