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Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Etymology: Liniparhomaloptera: Latin, linea = row, line + Latin, par = two + Greek, homaloptera = unequal wing or fin (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lin Shu-Yen (1903–1974) was a Chinese ichthyologist who was Director of the Fisheries Experiment Station, Canton (Guangzhou), China in the 1930s. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 22°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)
Asia. China (Ref. 33406), and Vietnam (Ref. 44416).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26563)
Adults occur in babbling bottom of mountain streams (Ref. 26563). Utilized for food (Ref. 89718). Length type refers to body length (Ref. 26563).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2012. Conspectus cobitidum*: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. (26):1-199. (Ref. 92804)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00268 - 0.01421), b=3.11 (2.91 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).