Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8. Distinguished from other species by the combination of the following characters: head length 19-22% SL; caudal peduncle 3.0-4.2 times longer than deep; head width at nares 14.9-17.1% SL, 77-87% HL, maximum head width 86-105% HL; interorbital width 41-49% HL; length of caudal peduncle 16.7-21.4% SL; preanal length 72.0-78.6% SL (Ref. 37826).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Balitoridae

Genus: Balitora

Species: Balitora brucei Gray, 1830

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in torrential hill streams. Prefers backwater and quiet eddies (Ref. 12045).

Habitat

demersal