| Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| 3.24 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Asia: Jialonghe River, which flows from the Yangzonghai Lake to the Nanpanjiang River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River basin in Yunnan, China. |
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Distinguished from all congeners by the unique combination of the following characters: dorsal-fin rays 3,8½ -9½ ; anal-fin rays 3,5- 5½ ; pectoral-fin rays 1,11; scales absent; two saddle-like dark blotches with fuzzy borders cranial to the dorsal fin and four saddle-like dark blotches caudal to the dorsal fin; distal margin of dorsal fin emarginate; pelvic fin reaching caudally almost to the anus; anus located immediately cranial to the origin of the anal fin;
caudal fin forked; caudal chamber of air bladder reduced to a small free protuberance; head slightly laterally compressed, head depth greater than head width at nape; caudal peduncle length 18.0-20.0% of SL; caudal peduncle depth 7.8-8.4% of SL; eye diameter 17.6-21.4% of HL; body depth 60.7-70.2% of HL; caudal peduncle depth 39.1-45.0% of caudal peduncle
length; body width at the base of caudal peduncle 59.0-68.0% of body depth at the base of caudal peduncle (Ref. 80923). |
| Inhabits river with an altitude of 1770 m and a width of about 7 m (Ref. 80923). The river is in a karst gorge with rocky bottom (Ref. 80923). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Found in the Jialonghe River, which flows from the Yangzonghai Lake to the Nanpanjiang River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River basin in Yiliang County, Yunnan Province (Ref. 80923). |
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