Animalia > Chordata > Cypriniformes > Cobitidae > Lepidocephalichthys > Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Malabar loach; Loach; Common spiny loach)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lepidocephalichthys thermalis, known as the Common Spiny loach or the spotted loach, is a freshwater fish species restricted to India and Sri Lanka. They are found usually in quiet, flowing waters with a sandy substrate.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 1364022 India  

Predators

Mystus montanus (Wynaad mystus)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0