| Discoverer: |
Herre, 1924 |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Asia: Dansalan, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, the Philippines |
| Biology: |
Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal softrays (total): 8-8; Anal spines:
3-3; Anal soft-rays: 5-5. Preserved color brownish yellow, darker dorsally;
snout & interorbital space darkest; all fins pale. Large head without
sensory folds. Broad, irregular snout with small epidermal nodules &
raised spots. Rim or lid of eyes very narrow & gelatinous. Lips broad
& thick; uninterrupted groove behind lower lip, continuous across chin
& around corner of mouth. 11 scales between nape & dorsal. Scales
rather large with concentric striae. |
| Max. size: |
13.4 cm TL (female) |
| Threatened: |
Critically Endangered |
| Dangerous: |
harmless |
| Common Name: |
no common name |
| Importance: |
minor commercial |
| Comments: |
Description based on a single specimen, 13.4 TL, caught by Herre at the
type locality, Dansalan, Lake Lanao, Mindanao in 1921 (Ref. 2929). No specimen
was caught during the 1994 sampling |
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