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Sectoria heterognathos (Chen, 1999) |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 10 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Nam Youan in Laos and China. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Both jaws covered by a horny sheath and with sharp edges; no processus dentiformis; no notch in lower jaw; body with 9-13 bars, irregularly shaped, many of them incomplete or reduced to blotches on middle of flank, alternating with mid-dorsal blotches; black bar at caudal base variable, from complete to restricted to an elongate blotch in middle of caudal base (Ref. 43281). | |||
| Biology: | Juveniles were collected in small rivers (Ref. 36949). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 04 November 2022 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||