Biology:Gray's stone loach

Short description: Species of fish

Gray's stone loach
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Balitora
Species:	B. brucei
Binomial name
Balitora brucei J. E. Gray, 1830
Synonyms
List Homaloptera brucei (Gray, 1830) Balitora maculata Gray, 1830 Homaloptera maculata (Gray, 1830) Platycara maculate (Gray, 1830) Platycara anisura McClelland & Griffith, 1842

Gray's stone loach (Balitora brucei) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. It is endemic to India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. It grows to a maximum length of 10.5 cm.

They are found in rapid streams in ditches. Females are more often plumper than males.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1041632 entry