| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
5.117 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal soft rays: 5-5; Vertebrae: 39-39. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body naked, scales absent, skin pigmentation absent; eyes reduced, diameter 2% of head length (HL), interorbital width 27-37% of HL; dorsal fin distal margin emarginated; pelvic-fin tip reaching to 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 the eye; lateral line complete; dorsal-fin rays iv-9, pectoral-fin rays i-10, pelvic-fin rays ii-8, anal-fin rays iii-5, 16 branched caudal-fin rays; and total vertebrae 39 (Ref. 137681). |
| 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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