Found in the mainstream of the Mekong River (Ref. 7431) where there is fast current and rocky substrates (Ref. 9497). Also known from a tributary of the Mekong in the middle Xe Bangfai basin near Mahaxai (Ref. 27732) and from Ban Hang Khone at Don Khone, 3 km below the fall line of the great waterfalls of the Mekong River system at Lee Pee (Ref. 9497). According to Ban Hang Khone fishermen this species enters the flooded forest in July-October and feeds on fish, shrimps, crabs and insects (Ref. 9497). Museum: Mekong at Ban Hang Khone just below the Khone falls, CAS 94784 (Ref. 5515). Also Ref. 30857, 36654, 37767, 37769.