Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. Can be distinguished from its congeners by possessing the following unique combination of characters: body plain dark brown or black in adults, body brown with numerous thin cream bars and blotches in juveniles; head dorsum dark brown with cream reticulate pattern; all fins reddish when alive; absence of secondary rostrum; absence of a postoral pouch; gill slit angular, subopercular groove present and continuous to pectoral fin origin; a rounded and elongate snout when viewed dorsally; presence of sublacrymal groove; abdomen without scales; lateral line with 64-71 scales; pelvic fin just touching anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping level of anal fin origin (Ref. 57871).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Gastromyzontidae

Genus: Gastromyzon

Species: Gastromyzon russulus Tan, 2006

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal