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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); kampucheensis: From Kampuchea, the Khmer name for Cambodia (Ref. 119152).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: distributed over a large part of Cambodia, but has up to now not been reported from any other country (Ref. 119152).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119152)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal soft rays: 9. Diagnosis: distinguished from all other species of Schistura by the combination of the following characters: 8 1/2 branched dorsal-fin rays; 8 + 8 branched caudal-fin rays; 7 pectoral-fin rays; position of anus 1.7-2.5; eye diameter before anal fin origin; no sexual dimorphism; 6-11 regular black bars, usually not interrupted, no black midlateral stripe; anterior nostril not reaching margin of eye and axillary pelvic lobe present; caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 119152).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bohlen, J., M. Petrtýl, P. Chaloupková and C Borin, 2016. Schistura kampucheensis, a new species of loach from Cambodia (Teleostei: N emacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 26(4):353-362. (Ref. 119152)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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