| Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| 3.33 cm SL (female) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: Peninsular Thailand in the Panang Tak drainage and on Phuket Island, south to the Perlis, Padang Sarai, and Ketil drainages of Peninsular Malaysia. |
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Paracanthocobitis phuketensis can be diagnosed from all its congeners by combination of the following characters: lateral line incomplete, ending near dorsal-fin insertion; dorsal fin with 9½-10½ branched rays; usually absence of axillary pelvic lobe, occasionally rudimentary; series of black blotches, sometimes overlain with faint dusky stripe along side of body not obscuring lateral blotches, ending near caudal fin; circular black spot on upper margin of caudal-fin base; black pigment not extending from black blotches along side of body onto base of pectoral fin; absence of marmorated pattern anterior to dorsal-fin origin; dorsal saddles longer than interspaces, frequently connecting to lateral blotches; upper caudal fin with 7-8 branched rays (Ref. 117351). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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