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Burmese Border Sand Loach (Schistura mahnerti)
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Burmese Border Sand Loach (Schistura mahnerti) specimen
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Nemacheilidae

Burmese Border Sand Loach

Schistura mahnerti

Six Point Four Centimeters Loach from Asian Waters

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

Schistura mahnerti is a species of tropical freshwater fish of the stone loach family Nemacheilidae. It inhabits fast-flowing streams of Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). S. mahnerti is one of the more recent species to be introduced to the aquarium trade.

Maximum length
6.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Asia: Salween basin in Thailand.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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