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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Serpenticobitidae (Snake loaches)
Etymology: Serpenticobitis: Latin, serpens = serpent + see under Cobitis; octozona: Specific epithet from the Latin octo which means eight and zona which means belt or girdle..
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Freshwater; demersal. High altitude

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Asia: Mekong basin in Laos.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43281)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 33 - 35. Distinguished mainly by its coloration, with 8-9 thin pale complete bands on a dark background. Predorsal scales 37-42; and transverse scale rows 16-20/1/12-14 (Ref. 38649).

Occurs in clear, high gradient mountain streams with very swift current, large boulders and rich and diverse fish faunas. Also found in other habitats such as with quite rocky bottom and equally high fish diversity and with a more unstable gravelly bottom and much less fish diversity.

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Roberts, T.R., 1997. Serpenticobitis, a new genus of cobitid fishes from the Mekong basin, with two new species. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 45:107-115. (Ref. 38649)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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