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Schistura hiranyakeshi Praveenraj, Thackeray & Balasubramanian, 2020 |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 3.52 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners in the peninsular, northeastern, and central India, and Sri Lanka by the following characters: an incomplete lateral line with 6-7 pores, ending at a point vertical at half the length of the adpressed pectoral fin; dorsal fin and caudal fin without spots or blotches; body with 9-10 bars that are wider or almost equal in width to the interspaces; dorsal fin, anal fin and sub-dorsal bars have a unique crimson color in adult males; live and preserved specimens have the lower lip with a black mark on each side of the median interruption; no suborbital flap or axillary pelvic lobe (Ref. 123363). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||