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Diagnostic Description

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Description: extremely slender and elongated; swim bladder reduced (Ref. 52307). Coloration: at least males with numerous silvery spots on body scales and unpaired fins; dark stripe often visible running from posterior edge of eye to outer edge of opercle; 6 dark vertical bars may be visible on the body (Ref. 52307).
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Tobias Musschoot
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Biology

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Rheophilic; probably a pair-bonding cave spawner (Ref. 52307).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Importance

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fisheries:
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