| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
5.18 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: stream Mong Mo in Viet Nam. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Differs from its congeners in Indochina by the combination o the following characters: body with 6-11 dark bars, regularly shaped and set; black bar at caudal fin base complete, without triangular pads at each extremity; small median incision in upper lip; incomplete lateral line reaching between dorsal fin base and anal fin base; processus dentiformis slender; axillary pelvic lobe not reduced and pelvic fin origin slightly anterior to dorsal fin origin or below simple dorsal fin rays (Ref. 40772). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 04 September 2010 (D2) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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