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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kottelat.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical

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Asia: Nam Theun of the Mekong basin in Laos.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27732)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 8. Distinguished by having 10-17 sharply defined and regular, vertical, dark brown bars on the sides distinctly wider than interspaces; the top of the head vermiculated; a complete black bar at caudal fin base; in life, a bright red caudal fin, bright yellow dorsal, anal, pelvic and pectoral fins; a complete lateral line (Ref. 27732).

Found in a variety of habitats, but usually associated with fast to very fast waters, on pebble to stone substrate (Ref. 27732).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

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Kottelat, M., 1998. Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Schistura obeini Kottelat, 1998