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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Serpenticobitidae (Snake loaches)
Etymology: Serpenticobitis: Latin, serpens = serpent + see under Cobitis; cingulata: Specific epithet from Latin cingulum (belt or zone) which refers to the belted or banded coloration..
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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Mekong basin in northern Laos and Thailand.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43281)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 33 - 35. Morphologically almost identical with S. octozona, but differs strikingly in coloration. Instead of 8-9 thin pale complete bands on a dark background, it has 7-12 thin dark mostly incomplete bands on a pale background. Most of the specimens have only 7-8 incomplete bands; only the 3.77 cm specimen from Huay Huang has 12 bands, many of which go completely around the body (as in S. octozona). Predorsal scales about 40 and transverse scale rows 19/1/14.

Found in muddy streams with fairly swift to very swift flowing water.

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Roberts, T.R., 1997. Serpenticobitis, a new genus of cobitid fishes from the Mekong basin, with two new species. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 45:107-115. (Ref. 38649)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2ce); Date assessed: 01 March 2007

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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