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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); russa: From the Latin russus (russet).
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Nam Tha basin, Mekong in Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43281)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Head and snout depressed, pointed; anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; lower lip interrupted medially; eyes dorsal, often protruding above dorsal profile of head; lateral line incomplete, reaching to anal-fin origin; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; body plain russet brown in life, chocolate when it is preserved (Ref. 36949).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs in riffles (Ref. 36949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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