Author: Sudasinghe, 2017
FBname: Madhava’s stream loach
Comments: Inhabits a small stream about 2 m wide, flowing through sparsely-inhabited tea plantations, at an
  elevation of about 1000 m above sea level and with substrate consisting of pebbles and gravel.  Prefers the faster-flowing areas of the stream.  Occurs syntopically with the cyprinids <i>Devario
  malabaricus</i> (Jerdon), <i>Puntius titteya</i> (Deraniyagala), <i>Pethia nigrofasciata</i> (Günther), <i>Rasbora dandia</i> (Valenciennes), <i>Rasboroides rohani</i> (Batuwita, Silva & Edirisinghe), and the osphronemid <i>Belontia signata</i> (Günther).  The introduced guppy <i>Poecilia reticulata</i> Peters was also recorded from this stream (Ref. 116162).