Nemacheilidae

Yunnanilus brevis

Yunnanilus brevis

Vulnerable Loach in the Record

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

Petruichthys brevis, common name Inle loach, is one of two species of ray-finned fish in the genus Petruichthys, although some authorities place it in the genus Yunnanilus. It is only found in Inle Lake and the adjacent He-Ho Plain in the Southern Shan States in Myanmar. It is a demersal fish which occurs in still and slow running waters as well as in a shallow lake, with dense submerged and floating vegetation.