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Balitoridae
Hemimyzon khonensis
Hemimyzon khonensis
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallHemimyzon khonensis is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Hemimyzon. It is known from a single specimen collected in the Mekong at the Khone Falls in Laos, near the Cambodian border; it is named for the falls. The specimen was 51 mm (2.0 in) in standard length.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Balitoridae
- Genus
- Hemimyzon
- Maximum length
- 5.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: presently known only from immediately downriver of Khone Falls, Mekong basin, Laos.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
