Schistura malaisei Kottelat, 1990

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  4.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Irrawaddy basin.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Processus dentiformis present; 8-10 irregular bars on body; no suborbital flap in males; incomplete lateral line reaching about pelvic fin origin; 8-9+8 branched caudal rays; emarginate caudal fin; black basal caudal bar and axillary pelvic lobe present; anus immediately in front of anal fin (Ref. 39226).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 January 2010 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.