Author: Yang, Kottelat, Yang & Chen, 2012
Comments: Inhabits shallow water at depths of 0.1-0.5 m among boulders and cobbles mixed with sand on the river bed.  In Dishui River, other fishes found together with this species include cyprinids (<i>Opsariichthys bidens</i>, <i>Acrossocheilus parallens</i>), balitorids (<i>Pseudogastromyzon fangi</i>, <i>Vanmanenia pingchowensis</i>, <i>Yaoshania pachychilus</i>, <i>Schistura fasciolata</i>) and sisorids (<i>Glyptothorax fokiensis</i>, <i>Pterocryptis anomala</i>).  In Liuding River, this species occurs together with <i>Zacco platypus</i>, <i>Puntius semifasciolatus</i>, <i>Pseudorasbora parva</i>, <i>Carassius auratus</i>, <i>Oreonectes platycephalus</i>, <i>Traccatichthys pulcher</i>, <i>Cobitis sinensis</i> and <i>Tachysurus adiposalis</i> (Ref. 93072).