Gagata dolichonema

Snout blunt, longer than eye diameter. Eyes large. Short barbels between nostrils; maxillary barbels reach pectoral fin base and inner edge is membrane-lined. Four chin barbels in a horizontal row behind lips. Gill openings reach ventral side of head. Gill membranes connected to gill septa. Mouth transversely fissured, inferior. Teeth velvety, palatine bone toothless. Lips with spurs. Anterior segment of lateral line high. Body scaleless. Dorsal fin rays 1-6, longer than head; adipose fin; anal fin rays Ⅲ-10; pectoral fin rays 1-9, low; pelvic fins 1-5; caudal fin forked. Anterior chamber of swim bladder is divided into left and right chambers. Body dark yellow-gray, caudal fin pale folded, other fins tip black.

It is a small fish that lives at the bottom of mountain streams in the southern foothills of the Himalayas and the western Hengduan Mountains.
In China, it is distributed in the Lancang River basin in Yunnan and other places.

Latin scientific name of filament black HeiGagata dolichonema,<span style ="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "PingFang SC", "Hiragino Sans GB", "Microsoft YaHei", "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-indent: It likes to hide on the surface of rocks at the bottom of the water with its head and body ventral side up, and hunts and swims by leaping movements.

Listed in "List of China’s National Key Protected Wild Animals》Level 2.

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