Discogobio multilineatus Cui, Zhou & Lan, 1993
Discogobio multilineatus
photo by CAFS

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  14.4 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 30.5 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: known only from Jiazhuan in Bama County, Guangxi Province of China, in a branch of Hongshui River (upper Pearl River) system.
Diagnosis:  Vertebrae: 37-37. Color pattern consisting of 5-6 slender blackish lines along the side of the body, usually more obvious behind vertical through dorsal origin; vertebrae 4+33; outer gill rakers on first gill arch 19-24; body depth 16.9-22 % of SL; eye diameter 21.7-30 % of head length; depth of caudal peduncle 52.6-76.9 % of its length.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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