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Bibarba bibarba Chen & Chen, 2007 |
| Family: | Cobitidae (Spined loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Chengjiang River of the Hongshuihe River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, China. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 43-43. Can be distinguished by the following characters: barbels short; two black spots on caudal peduncle; a black stripe from operculum through eye to the rostral barbel insertion; dorsal fin situated on caudal half of the body; males with second pectoral fin ray thickened and elongated, length of the second pectoral fin ray 3.3-4.6 times of SL; a semicircular Lamina circularis on the third pectoral fin ray and not located at its base in males; suborbital spine relatively thick and short with strong and medio-lateral process (Ref. 76824). Description: D iii7; A iii,5; P i+7-8; V i+6 (Ref. 76824). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||