Schistura obliquofascia Lokeshwor, Barat, Sati, Darshan, Vishwanath & Mahanta, 2012

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  13.95 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Kalsa River, Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, India.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Diagnosed from congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: body with 12-14 obliquely arranged olivaceous dark bars; lateral line complete with 104-112 pores; dorsal fin with 3-4 simple and 8½ branched rays, marked with irregularly arranged black spots; caudal fin with 8+8 branched rays, slightly emarginated, lobes equal in length; dorsal adipose crest prominent; preorperculo-mandibular canal with 10-11 pores; absence of suborbital flap. (Ref. 93048).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 September 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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