| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
3.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 1 m |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Chao Phraya drainage in Thailand. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Body with four black bars on a bright yellow (in life) background, usually forming saddles along dorsal midline, and with a rounded yellow blotch on mid dorsal line in each saddle; body slender, its depth at dorsal fin origin 11-16% SL; no sexual dimorphism; black caudal basal bar absent; pelvic fin origin in front of vertical through dorsal fin origin (Ref. 51709). |
| Biology: |
Found in shallow, torrential hill streams, 0.3-1.0 m deep with gravel bottom and rocky crevices, in mixed deciduous forests, at 950-1120 m altitude (Ref. 51709). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 25 February 2011 (B2ab(i,ii,iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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