| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
19.8 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 121.0 g |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: all rivers flowing to the Arctic and Pacific Oceans between the Ob and the Huang He. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 42-43. Together with Barbatula altayensis and B. sawadai, this species differs from all other congeners from northern Asia by having the body scaled predorsally (vs. body scaled posterior to the dorsal-fin origin, or scales only on the caudal-fin base). It can be distinguished from B. altayensis and B. sawadai in having widely separated nostril (vs. closely-set) and further from B. altayensis in having 42-43 vertebrae (vs. 44-45), and further from B. sawadai in having 7 branched dorsal-fin rays (vs. 8) (Ref. 93050). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 February 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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