Nemacheilidae

Schistura macrocephalus

Schistura macrocephalus

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Schistura macrocephalus is a species of ray-finned fish. a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It occurs in riffles over stony or gravel beds in streams with moderate to fast currents in the Mengla River in Yunnan, a tributary of the Mekong, and the Nam Youan in northern Laos, in turn a tributary of the Mengla.