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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); crabro: From the Latin crabro (hornet, large wasp).
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Nam Ngiap basin, Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36949)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; small median notch in upper lip, median interruption in lower lip; no median notch in lower jaw; lateral line incomplete, reaching vertical of middle of dorsal-fin base; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 7+7 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; a black blotch on cheek, below eye, tip of snout yellow; body orange, with 4 broad dark brown bars, wider than interspaces; a swarm of black pigments forming a very broad band from first bar to caudal-fin base; black bar at caudal-fin base restricted to lower two-thirds, with a lower posterior projection along base of 3 lowermost principal rays; an elongate black spot on last upper procurrent ray and base of uppermost principal ray; a low black spot on anterior base of dorsal fin; a series of blackish marks on rays of all fins (Ref. 36949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2000. Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5(1):37-82. (Ref. 36949)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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