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Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Etymology: yangi: Named for Yang Jun-Xing, Deputy Director of the Kunming Institute of Zoology.
Eponymy: Dr Yang Jun-Xing is Secretary of the Party Committee of the Kunming Institute of Zoology and was the Deputy Director of the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Yunnan, China, where he has been a professor since 2009. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) drainage in Guangxi, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58449)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Neely, D.A., K.W. Conway and R.L. Mayden, 2007. Erromyzon yangi, a new hillstream loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the Pearl River drainage of Guangxi Province, China. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(2):97-102. (Ref. 58449)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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