Author: Hoang, Pham & Tran, 2015
Comments: Inhabits clear water but also lives in silty water.  Occurs in swift currents over bedrock, large boulders and cobble substrates covered with periphyton. Feeds on algae and animals living in the algae. Shares habitat with <i>Mystacoleucus obtusirostris, <i>Osteochilus vittatus, <i>Poropuntius deauratus, <i>Channa gachua, <i>Yasuhikotakia morleti, and <i>Acantopsis dialuzona. The following water conditions were recorded:  Dissolved oxygen 82.7−91.4%; conductivity 12−25 μS.cm-1 ; and flow velocity 0.12−0.77 m/s (Ref. 102622).