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Schistura papulifera Kottelat, Harries & Proudlove, 2007 |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 4.87 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: known with certainty only from the Krem Synrang Pamiang system in Meghalaya, India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Can be differentiated from all its congeners in having the lower half of the head covered by numerous small skin projections and 5 pores in the supratemporal canal of the cephalic lateral-line system. Additional distinguishing characters include white body, vestigial eyes, incomplete lateral line (reaching only to vertical above pelvic-fin origin) and absence of axillary pelvic bone (Ref. 57820). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 21 January 2010 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||