Author: Katwate, Jadhav, Kumkar, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
Comments: At Rawet, this species occupied the main river channel beneath riparian vegetation and submerged boulders and silt as substratum.  It was found among aquatic vegetation. It co-occurred with the following fishes:  <i>Salmostoma boopis</i> (Day 1874), <i>Devario aequipinnatus</i> (McClelland 1839), <i>Rasbora daniconius</i> (Hamilton 1822), <i>Aplocheilus lineatus</i> (Valenciennes 1846), <i>Notopterus notopterus</i> (Pallas 1769), <i>Mastacembelus armatus</i> (Lacépède 1800), <i>Puntius sophore</i> (Hamilton 1822), and <i>Rohtee ogilbii</i> Sykes 1839.  At Bhor, it was encountered in ponds and ditches formed by boulders in the main river channel, with no riparian vegetation and with substratum composed of basalt bedrock and silt.  It was observed to co-occur with the following fishes:  <i>Nemacheilus denisoni</i> (Day 1867), <i>R. daniconius</i>, <i>Garra mullya</i> (Sykes 1839), <i>S. boopis</i>, <i>Lepidocephalichthys thermalis</i> (Valenciennes 1846) and <i>D. aequipinnatus</i> (Ref. 107652).