Vaillantella euepiptera (Vaillant, 1902)
Vaillantella euepiptera
photo by Roberts, T.R.

Family:  Vaillantellidae (Longfin loaches)
Max. size:  12 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55-55; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 6-6; Vertebrae: 52-52
Biology:  Inhabit leaf litter off bank of streams with soft clay substrate and turbid water with little current.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from Borneo (Ref. 7050). Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Also Ref. 26580.


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