Scientific Name	Hemimyzon taitungensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Tzeng & Shen, 1982	Depth	0 - 10M
Chinese	臺東間爬岩鰍	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	爬鰍科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F107　Balitoridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	臺東間吸鰍
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石貼仔
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Shin-wu-leu River, Lee-daou, Hai-duan, Taitung County, Taiwan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；臺灣淡水及河口魚類誌(陳&方, 1999)  Tzeng, C.-S. etc. 1982 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳義雄,方力行 1999
Specimen List	NMMBP05570. NTHUB00766. NTHUB00777. NTHUB00897. NTHUB00913. NTHUB00914. NTHUB00915. NTHUB00925. NTHUB00930. NTHUB00942. NTHUB02241. NTHUB02242. NTHUB02243. NTHUB02244. NTHUB02245. NTHUB02255. NTHUB02331. NTHUB02335. NTUM04941. NTUM04963. NTUM04964. NTUM04965. NTUM04966. NTUM04967. NTUM04968. NTUM04969. NTUM04970. NTUM04971. NTUM04972. NTUM04973. NTUM05291. NTUM05292. NTUM05306. NTUM05310. USNM00300711. USNM00357418. ...List all 36 records...
Common Name	Taitung river loach
Redlist Status	2009/4/1 COA, Taiwan Redlist: Critically Endangered    IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) D2 1996-08-01    2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes::EN
Characteristic	Snout short, wider than depth. Mouth inferior, arched; three rostral fold in front of mouth. Four maxillary barbells in a row and well developed papillae in two rows on upper lip; two pairs of mandibular barbells at corner of mouth. Body thin, elongated, posterior laterally compressed; ventral profile horizontal to origin of anal; dorsal slightly horizontal. Scales tiny, ventral surface of head, thorax and abdomen naked, lateral line scales complete. L.l.：79－87; dorsal fin rays：3+8; pectoral fin rays：12-14+12-14; pelvic fin rays：6-7+10-12; anal fin rays：2+5; pectoral and pelvic fins laterally expanded; pelvic fins bases united; anus near the middle way between pelvic fin end and anal fin origin; caudal fin forked, lower lobe slightly longer than upper. Dorsal fin origin slightly behind pelvic fin origin. Greenish and blueish, irregularly dark blotches along back. Black stripes on dorsal and caudal fins. Resemble to H. formosanum, and can be distinguished by the united pelvic fin base and slender caudal peduncle of H. taitungensis.
habitats	Primary freshwater fish, lives in moderately fast running water of high and middle elevation. Benthic. Polyphagia, feed on aquatic insects and diatom on rock.
Distribution	Endemic to eastern portion of Central Mountain Range (CMR) of Taiwan. Presently known from branches at high elevation of Hualien River, Hsiukuluan River and Peinan River.
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