Author: Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013
Comments: This species usually inhabits brooks and streams with slow to swift current, among small pebbles, stones, and boulders in southern Mizoram. Its holotype was collected from a stream near Phura village near Palak Lake (the Koladyne basin), among small pebbles, in slow current. Three paratypes were caught from the Kolchaw River near Kolchaw in Saiha District, Mizoram.  This species co-occurs with the following fishes:  <i>Olyra</i> sp. (Bagridae); <i>Barilius profundus</i>, <i>Devario</i> sp.,<i> Pethia</i> sp., <i>Garra</i> sp. (Cyprinidae); <i>Schistura scyphovecteta</i> (Nemacheilidae); and <i>Glyptothorax jayarami</i> (Sisoridae) (Ref. 94459).