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Cobitidae
Burmese loach
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei
Eight Point Nine Centimeters Loach of the Mekong Basin
Burmese loach is a freshwater fish from Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 8.9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Genus
- Lepidocephalichthys
- Maximum length
- 8.9 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: India, Myanmar (Ref. 4832 ), Bangladesh (Ref. 1479 ), peninsular Thailand, Salween, Chao Phraya, Mekong and Meklong basins (Ref. 43281 ). In the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya and China (Ref. 38333 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

