| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
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8.76 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 5-5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body naked, scaleless, with irregular pale dark brownish brown markings, except ventral; eyes reduced, diameter 4.6-6.1% of head length; pelvic-fin tip reaching anus; tip of pectoral fin not reaching to pelvic fin origin; anterior and posterior nostrils closely set, with the anterior nostril elongated to a barbel-like tip; tip of outrostral barbel extending backward, not reaching to anterior margin of eye; lateral line complete; posterior chamber of air bladder degenerated; and D iii-7, P1 i-9, P2 i-5, A i-5, and 14 branched caudal-fin rays (Ref. 132303). |
| 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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