Balitora brucei Gray, 1830

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

43. Balitora brucei Gray, 1830

1830. Balitora brucei Gray, Ill. Ind. Zool. 1, pl. 88, Figure 1 (type locality: Priang River, Cherrapunji , Assam) .

1842. Platycara anisura McClelland & Griffith, Calcutta J nat. Hist., 2 (8): 587, Pl. 18, Figure 1 (Kassyah [Kasiah] Hills, Assam)

1932. Balitora brucei melanosoma var. Hora, Mem. Indian Mus., 12 (2): 291, Pl. 10, Figure 6

Common Name(s): Gray’s stone loach

Material consulted: Bagra et al., 2009

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Tirap; Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, North Bengal. Elsewhere: Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater; demersal. Occurs in torrential hill streams. Prefers backwater and quiet eddies.

IUCN Status: Near Threatened