| Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches) |
| 4.87 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Asia: Kinabatangan River basin in Sabah, Malaysia and Sebuku River basin in Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Can be distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following unique combination of characters: body dark brown, dorsum with 7 thick cream bars, side with complete bars, head dorsum brown with thick cream reticulate pattern; absence of secondary rostrum; absence of sublacrymal groove; presence of shallow postoral pouch; presence of subopercular groove; gill slit slanted, gill opening above 4th pectoral branched fin ray; pectoral fin origin level after eye; an elongate rounded snout when viewed dorsally; abdomen without scales; lateral line with 68-78 scales; pectoral fin not overlapping anterior of pelvic fin; pelvic fin not overlapping anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping level of anal fin origin (Ref. 57871). |
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Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 14 January 2019 (B1ab(i,iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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