Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8. Deep black body and fins (except caudal fin); no lateral line; no head pores; no scales along dorsal mid-line in front of dorsal fin; body depth 26% SL; 8 1/2 branched dorsal rays; 14 branched caudal rays (Ref. 12040).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Yunnanilus

Species: Yunnanilus niger Kottelat & Chu, 1988

Climate Zone

Biology

Found in a small marsh with abundant vegetation. Sympatric with Y. macrogaster and Y. paludosus.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless