Author: Shangningam, Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2014
Comments: Inhabits cool, clean, swift-flowing shaded freshwater streams which flow over a substrate of gravel, cobble and boulders.  Topotypic specimens were collected from a stream among small pebbles in slow current. Occurs together with other fish species including Cyprinidae: <i> Barilius ngawa, <i>Devario acquipinnatus, <i>Neolissochilus stracheyi, <i>Poropuntius burtoni, <i>Garra paralissorhynchus; Psilorhynchidae: <i>Psilorhynchus ngathanu; Nemacheilidae: <i>Schistura khugae, <i>S. reticulata; Sisoridae: <i>Glyptothorax granulus, <i>G. ventrolineatus; Mastacembelidae: <i>Mastacembelus armatus; and Channidae: <i>Channa gachua (Ref. 95580).