Hedinichthys grummorum Prokofiev, 2010

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  4 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal soft rays: 7-7; Vertebrae: 39-39. Can be diagnosed by the following characters: trunk teretial; head conical, without developed rostrum; pelvic fins located anteriorly from the vertical through the origin of the dorsal fin; approximately ten gill rakers on the first branchial arch; lateral line incomplete; black longitudinal band along the middle part of the body; small lobes of the bony capsule of the swim bladder, the lobes connected by the moderately developing manubrium; and lacking epural (Ref. 85843).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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