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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); manipurensis: Named for Manipur State in India (Ref. 39226).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Manipur Valley and Nagaland in India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126300); max. published weight: 8.22 g (Ref. 126300)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11;
Anal
soft rays: 8. Processus dentiformis present; 8+7 branched caudal rays; 7 1/2 branched dorsal rays; males with a suborbital flap; 35 pores along lateral line which reaches pelvic fin origin; no axillary pelvic lobe (Ref. 39226).
Inhabits shallow, swift, clear streams with pebbly bottom (Ref. 41236).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 1990. Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany. 262 p. (Ref. 39226)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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