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Schistura cataracta Kottelat, 1998 |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 6.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Mekong basin in Laos. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Having 8-12 dark bars wider than interspaces on the body; a broad, dark, inner axial stripe; posterior margin of the last body bar distinctly concave; dorsal fin with a black spot at base of simple rays and first branched ray and a brown one at base of branched rays 3-7; all fins with partly or entirely black rays and hyaline membranes; upper lip smooth, without median incision, folds or furrows. | |||
| Biology: | Seems to prefer stretches with swift current and stony or rocky substrate, but also found over sandy substrate (Ref. 43281). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 10 October 2011 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||