Family : Balitoridae (River loaches) , subfamily: Balitorinae
Order : Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Anamalai loach
Fish Name : Homaloptera montana
Max size : 7.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Asia: Anamalai Hills in Western Ghats, India.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Lives in torrential streams (Ref. 41236)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Menon, A.G.K.. 1999. (Ref. 41236)

India country information
Common Names : Anamalai loach, കല് വേലി, Kalveli
Status : endemic
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses