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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Xe Bangfai of the Mekong basin in Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27732)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished by its incomplete lateral line not reaching beyond the pelvic-fin origin; 8 pelvic rays; 8(-9) branched dorsal rays; 10 pectoral rays; 8+8 branched caudal rays; anterior nostril at the tip of a short tube; 7-11 vertical dark bars, narrower than or equal to interspaces, on which irregular greyish dots are superimposed (Ref. 27732).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found in clear, standing to relatively fast water on gravel substrate; collected from very shallow to deeper waters (70-100 cm, with swifter current) (Ref. 27732).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 1998. Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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