Biology:Gray's stone loach

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Short description: Species of fish

Gray's stone loach
Balitora brucei.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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[1]
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