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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); paucicincta: From Latin pauci which means few and from cincta which means having a belt (Ref. 39226).
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar and Thailand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 94495)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: 6-7 wide bars on body; processus dentiformis present; males have no suborbital flap; incomplete lateral line reaching tip of pelvic fin; 8 1/2 branched dorsal rays; 8+7 branched caudal rays; complete black basal caudal bar; axillary pelvic lobe present; anus immediately in front of anal fin (Ref. 39226).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A 2.91 cm SL female has distended belly which contains ripe ovulae about 1.3 mm in diameter. Its stomach contains numerous larvae of Coleoptera (Ref. 39226).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Banarescu, P.M. and T.T. Nalbant, 1995. A generical classification of Nemacheilinae with description of two new genera (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Trav. Mus. Hist. Nat. 35:429-496. (Ref. 33690)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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