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Hemimyzon ecdyonuroides Freyhof & Herder, 2002 |
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photo by
Freyhof & Herder, 2002 |
| Family: | Balitoridae (River loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 4.21 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: River Pako, in the headwaters of the River Sesan, a tributary of Se Kong, itself a tributary of Mekong. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8. One barbel-shaped papilla at the corner of mouth; pelvic fins not fused; distance between last pelvic-fin rays 2.7-4.0 times in body width at pelvic-fin origin; 13-14/10-12 pectoral-fin rays; 6-7/10-13 pelvic-rays and 59-64+1-2 lateral line scales (Ref. 42935). | |||
| Biology: | Collected from a small river about 60 m wide, with a succession of rapids over rocks and deep pools over sandy bottom. Caught in rapids with a current velocity exceeding 1 m/s with other rheophilous fish (species of Garra, Annamia, Hemimyzon, Homaloptera, Schistura, and Nemacheilus (Ref. 42935). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 18 February 2011 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||