| Family: |
Cobitidae (Spined loaches) |
| Max. size: |
5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Chengjiang River of the Hongshuihe River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 43-43. Can be distinguished by the following characters: barbels short; two black spots on caudal peduncle; a black stripe from operculum through eye to the rostral barbel insertion; dorsal fin situated on caudal half of the body; males with second pectoral fin ray thickened and elongated, length of the second pectoral fin ray 3.3-4.6 times of SL; a semicircular Lamina circularis on the third pectoral fin ray and not located at its base in males; suborbital spine relatively thick and short with strong and medio-lateral process (Ref. 76824).
Description: D iii7; A iii,5; P i+7-8; V i+6 (Ref. 76824). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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