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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Yunnanilus: From Yunnan, city on southwest China.
More on author: Regan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33800)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8. Cephalic head pores present; lateral line present, with 18-26 pores; caudal peduncle 1.19-1.40 times longer than deep; 8 1/2 branched dorsal rays; preanal length 81-83% SL; eye diameter 20-29% HL (Ref. 12040).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Stomach of a ripe female contains a single gammarid crustacean.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M. and X.L. Chu, 1988. Revision of Yunnanilus with description of a miniature species flock and six new species from China (Cypriniformes: Homalopteridae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 23(1-2):65-93. (Ref. 12040)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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