Anlong high-plateau loach
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 41. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body naked, scales absent, without skin pigmentation; eyes normal, diameter 5-9% of HL, interorbital width 32-36% of HL; dorsal fin distal margin truncated; pelvic-fin tip not reaching to anus; tip of pectoral fin not reaching to pelvic fin origin; anterior and posterior nostrils closely set, anterior nostril elongated to a barbel-like tip; tip of outrostral barbe backward extending to middle of the eye; lateral line complete; dorsal-fin rays iii-8, pectoral-fin rays i-11, pelvic-fin rays ii-8, anal-fin rays iii-5, and 16 branched caudal-fin rays; and total vertebrae 41 .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
🌿 Ecology
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