Author: Kottelat, 2017
Comments: Inhabits Mon Lan Chaung, a large river with approximately 50 m width and very fast water flowing over a stone and boulders bottom.  Syntopic with <i>Garra cf. dulongensis</i>, <i>Garra</i> sp., <i>Neolissochilus compressus</i>, <i>Oreinus meridionalis</i>, <i>Semiplotus cirrhosus</i> (Cyprinidae), <i>Acanthocobitis</i> sp., <i>Schistura malaisei</i> (Nemacheilidae), <i>Amblyceps murraystuarti</i> (Amblycipitidae), <i>Glyptothorax</i> sp., <i>Oreoglanis</i> sp. (Sisoridae) and <i>Mastacembelus armatus</i> (Mastacembelidae) (Ref. 116725).