Description

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Slender body (body width 1.0-4.0 times wider than deep at dorsal-fin origin); one barbel at each corner of the mouth; belly scaled in front of anus (Ref. 27732); 6-7 large black blotches along back (Ref. 43281).

Common Names

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Balitora mekongská , Czech , Czechia

Mekongi mägihink , Estonian , Estonia

澜沧江爬鳅 , Mandarin Chinese , China

瀾滄江爬鰍 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Balitoridae

Genus: Balitora

Species: Balitora lancangjiangensis (Zheng, 1980)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Mekong basin in Laos and Yunnan and Red River basin in Yunnan.

Biology

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Occurs in rapids.

Habitat

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demersal