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Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: Hemimyzon: Greek, hemi = half + greek, myzon = to suckle (Ref. 45335); khonensis: Named for Khone Falls.
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: presently known only from immediately downriver of Khone Falls, Mekong basin, Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36949)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Pectoral fin with 13 simple and 11 branched rays; pectoral fin with 5 simple and 11 branched rays; distance between bases of last pelvic-fin rays 3.3 times in body width at pelvic-fin origin (Ref. 36949).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2000. Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5(1):37-82. (Ref. 36949)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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