| Balitoridae (River loaches) |
| 4.21 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: River Pako, in the headwaters of the River Sesan, a tributary of Se Kong, itself a tributary of Mekong. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8. One barbel-shaped papilla at the corner of mouth; pelvic fins not fused; distance between last pelvic-fin rays 2.7-4.0 times in body width at pelvic-fin origin; 13-14/10-12 pectoral-fin rays; 6-7/10-13 pelvic-rays and 59-64+1-2 lateral line scales (Ref. 42935). |
| Collected from a small river about 60 m wide, with a succession of rapids over rocks and deep pools over sandy bottom. Caught in rapids with a current velocity exceeding 1 m/s with other rheophilous fish (species of Garra, Annamia, Hemimyzon, Homaloptera, Schistura, and Nemacheilus (Ref. 42935). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 18 February 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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