Author: Katwate, Katwate, Raghavan, Paingankar & Dahanukar, 2014
Comments: Occurs in riffles and runs with boulders and gravels as substratum.  Encountered only in clear unpolluted river stretches with well oxygenated waters and were not observed in pools and ditches.  Adults are mostly found in association with submerged vegetation.  Occurs together with other fish species of genera <i>Salmostoma, <i>Devario, <i>Dawkinsia, <i>Garra, <i>Puntius, <i>Systomus and <i>Anguilla (Ref. 96472).