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Tariqilabeo bicornis (Wu, 1977) |
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photo by
Ott, G. |
| Family: | Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae | |||
| Max. size: | 16 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: known from the upper Salween River (Nu Jiang in Chinese) basin in Yunnan (South China), Myanmar and Thailand. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Body grayish black on dorsal and sides and with cloudy stripes, abdomen grayish white; caudal fin gray and with black lower margin. Head small; snout bluntly conical; rostral skin extending downward covering upper jaw; upper lip absent; lower lip separated from lower jaw with a transverse belt in anterior part and covered with papilla; upper and lower jaws covered with thin cutting edges (Ref. 45536). | |||
| Biology: | Lives near the bottom of the river and feeds mainly on detritus and filamentous algae (Ref. 28024). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||