| Family: |
Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches) |
| Max. size: |
3.53 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Upper Kapuas River basin in Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal soft rays: 5-5. Can be distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following unique combination of characters: body dark brown, dorsum with 10 thin cream bars, side with cream bars splitting into smaller bars, head dorsum brown with thin cream reticulate pattern; absence of secondary rostrum; absence of sublacrymal groove; presence of deep postoral pouch; presence of subopercular groove; gill slit slanted, gill opening above 6th pectoral branched fin ray; pectoral fin origin level about frontal margin of eye; an elongate rounded snout when viewed dorsally; abdomen without scales; lateral line with 70-73 scales; pectoral fin overlapping anterior of pelvic fin; pelvic fin not overlapping anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping level of anal fin origin (Ref. 57871). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 January 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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