Family : Balitoridae (River loaches) , subfamily: Nemacheilinae
Order : Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Nemacheilus keralensis
Max size : 5.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Asia: Western Ghats of Kerala, India.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in streams with pebbly bottom (Ref. 41236)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4832)

India country information
Common Names : കൊയ്ത, Koitha
Status : endemic
Salinity : freshwater
Uses : no uses