Kapuasia falaris Kottelat, Tan & Hasan, 2024

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  6.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Indonesia.
Diagnosis:  This species is distinguished by the following characters: distinct colour pattern of 3-7 regular black bars on the flank, with a white background; males with suborbital flap and vertical skin flanges on the dorsal surface of pectoral in between the branched rays; cylindrical pectoral axillary lobe in males, with pointed posterior extremity, often separate from skin of flank by a deep groove, usually with a second similar lobe above the groove (Ref. 132426).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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