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: |
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IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 January 2019 Ref. (130435)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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