| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
8.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Nam Youan basin in Laos and Mengla River in China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Head with massive appearance, lateral length 3.4-3.8 times in SL; anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; no median notch in upper lip, lower lip interrupted medially; dorsal keel on caudal peduncle; lateral line complete; 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 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe reduced or missing; top of head with a few large spots; body with 6-9 brown bars, wider than or as wide as interspaces, wider anteriorly than posteriorly; along lateral line, a series of faint blackish blotches more or less corresponding and superimposed to bars; black bar of caudal-fin base either almost complete or, often, dissociated into two blotches, a slightly oblique one along base of upper rays and a vertical and somewhat longer one on lower two-thirds of fin base (Ref. 36949). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 08 July 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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