Beautiful Hillstream Loach

Short but high caudal fin. Cone-shaped head. Three pairs of barbels. Body covered by small round scales, no scale on the cheeks. Green gray in the body, yellowish stomach. A prominent black spot in the middle of the origin of caudal fin (Ref. 33389).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analsoft rays: 2 - 5

Adults inhabit streams on sand and gravel bottom (Ref. 26563). Length type refers to body length, assumed in TL.

fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial