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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); disparizona: From the Latin dispar, meaning dissimilar, and zona, meaning band.
More on authors: Zhou & Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Salween drainage in Yunnan, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56369)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal soft rays: 8. Differs from all its congeners in Southeast Asia by the unique combination of the following characters: conspicuous dorsal and ventral adipose keels on caudal peduncle; 9 1/2 branched dorsal-fin rays; 8-11 very narrow, closely-set, dark bars in anterior part of body and 5 wider bars posteriorly (Ref. 56369).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found in shallow and narrow branches of stream, with gravel or stone bottom (Ref. 56369).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Zhou, W. and M. Kottelat, 2005. Schistura disparizona, a new species of loach from Salween drainage in Yunnan (Teleostei: Balitoridae). Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (3):17-20. (Ref. 56369)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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