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Nemacheilidae
Schistura cataracta
Schistura cataracta
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallSchistura cataracta is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It occurs in the Nam Theun and Nam Gnouang, in the Mekong basin of Laos. It prefers stretches of rivers with fast current and a stony or rocky substrate, but it does occasionally occur over gravel or sandy substrates.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Schistura
- Maximum length
- 6.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Mekong basin in Laos.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
