Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8. Cephalic head pores present; lateral line present, with 18-26 pores; caudal peduncle 1.19-1.40 times longer than deep; 8 1/2 branched dorsal rays; preanal length 81-83% SL; eye diameter 20-29% HL (Ref. 12040).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Yunnanilus

Species: Yunnanilus pleurotaenia (Regan, 1904)

Climate Zone

Biology

Stomach of a ripe female contains a single gammarid crustacean.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless