Homaloptera parclitella Tan & Ng, 2005

Family:  Balitoridae (River loaches)
Max. size:  10.02 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Malay Peninsula.
Diagnosis:  Differs from other members of the Homaloptera ocellata group in possessing only 2 large saddle blotches on the body, 1 posterior to head, 1 covering dorsal fin base (saddle blotches posterior to head and below dorsal fin maybe continuous on flank), rarely with 1 saddle blotch between dorsal fin and caudal fin; base of caudal dark; 5 simple, 12-13 branched pectoral fin rays; 75-77 lateral line scales (Ref. 55107).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 January 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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