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Nemacheilidae
Banded Mountain Loach
Acanthocobitis urophthalmus
A black tail spot on pebbly Sri Lankan streams
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South Asia
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallBanded Mountain Loach is a freshwater fish of pebbly Sri Lankan streams. A round black mark on the tail base forms its most conspicuous feature.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Acanthocobitis
- Maximum length
- 4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Asia: restricted to the south western lowlands from Kelani River to Nilwala River, Sri Lanka.
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