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Scientific Name Pseudexostoma yunnanense  (Tchang, 1935)
Common Name
Type Locality Yunnan Province, China.
Synonym(s) Exostoma yunnanensis, Glyptosternum yunnanensis, Pseudexostoma yunnanensis
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Size 111mm or 4.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Continuous post-labial groove, gill openings not extending onto venter, heterodont dentition (different types of teeth) in both jaws. The outer teeth are shovel-shaped and sparsely arranged in one or two rows whilst the inner teeth are conical and numerous. The tooth patches are separated in the upper jaw. 16–18 branched pectoral rays.
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Distribution Asia: known only from the upper Dayinjiang (an upper branch of the Irrawaddy River), China.
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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping (Zoology Series) v. 6 (no. 4), pp 174, Fig. 1.
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Last Update 2019 Sep 23 12:40 (species record created: 2007 Feb 19 20:37)