Nemacheilidae

Schistura yersini

Schistura yersini

Six Point Five Centimeters Loach

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

Schistura yersini is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura which is found in two mountain rivers near Dalat in Vietnam. The species is abundant in steep, streams and rivers which have a gravel or rocky substrate and fast current. It is resistant to organic pollution and human disturbance of its habitat and is able to persist in streams flowing through settlements.