Author: (Kottelat, 1998)
Comments: Inhabits upland, fast flowing steams, among gravel (Ref. 56749).  Taken at depths greater than 60 cm in riffles of a large stream, about 20 m wide flowing through a degraded hill forest.  Other fish captured with this species and in similar habitat type include <i>Acrochordonichthys melanogaster</i>, <i>Akysis fuscus</i>, <i>Glyptothoax 'major'</i>, <i>Neogastromyzon nieuwenhuisii</i>, <i>Gastromyzon punctulatus</i>, <i>Homaloptera nebulosa</i>, <i>H. stephensoni</i>, <i>H. zollingeri</i> and <i>H. ophiolepis</i> (Ref. 33004).