Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: known only from the Mekong basin in Yunnan, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 45625)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 7. Similar to Balitora brucei, but differs from the latter in having a slender body, depth in length 8.9 (8.2-9.3) versus 6.7, more undivided rays in pectoral fins, 10-11 versus 8, and more rays in ventral fins and having a wider head (Ref. 39391).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chen, Y. and W. Tang, 2000. Homalopteridae: Gastromyzoninae, Homalopterinae. p. 438-567. In P. Yue et al. (Eds). Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Cypriniformes III. Science Press. Beijing. 1-661. (Ref. 45625)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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