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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: Plesiomyzon: Greek, plesios = near + Greek, myzo = to suckle (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical, preferred ?

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Asia: endemic to the drainages in Hainan Island, China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 45625)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Head small and depressed; mouth small, deeply arch and without rostral groove and fold in front of mouth. Caudal fin deeply concave; pectoral fin wide and long; pelvic fin not forming sucker-shape. Body brownish yellow and with irregular black spots.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Zheng, C.-Y., 1991. Gastromyzonidae. p. 261-286. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p. (Ref. 33406)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Plesiomyzon baotingensis Zheng & Chen, 1980