Author: (Bleeker, 1846)
Comments: Inhabits clear, swiftly flowing forested streams with pH of 7 and sandy or rocky bottoms. Hides under submerged logs or rocks with some leaf litter in the swifter parts of the stream.  A predatory fish, ambushing balitorid loaches of <i>Nemacheilus</i> and sisorid catfish of the genus <i>Glyptothorax</i> (Ref. 37794).