Author: Nguyen, 2005
Comments: Collected from Mengyejiang River in China characterized by clear water and moderate to fast current.  During December 2009 sampling, this river was about 40 m wide and 3 m deep with plenty of 0.40 m deep riffles over smooth rocks and boulders, and backwaters with plenty of green algae and few patches of a <i>Potamogeton species as the only vascular water plant.  Found syntopic with other balitorid fishes which include <i>Vanmanenia tetraloba, <i>Sinogastromyzon tonkinensis, and unidentified <i>Balitora species (Ref. 95066).