Schistura porocephala Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  5.98 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Mat River, Koladyne basin in Mizoram, India.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished from all congeners by having the following combination of characters: cephalic lateral line system consisting of prominent pores, lateral line incomplete with 27-38 pores, body with 20-23 thin olivaceous dark bars against yellowish cream background; dorsal fin with 3 simple and 7 1/2 branched rays and two rows of black spots; 9 + 8 branched rays in slightly emarginate caudal fin and an elongated suborbital flap extending from front of anterior tubular nostril to anterior one-third of eye in males (Ref. 93020).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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