Genus

Jinshaia

Species: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

Where the name comes fromEdit

Derived from Jinsha-jiang (or Yangtze-kiang in earlier transcriptions), the longest river in China and the only known distribution of this genus.

This species has probably not yet been exported for aquaria.

Jinshaia sinensis

Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874

Jinshaia sinensis is a balitorid loach known only from the Jinsha river basin, the westernmost headwater tributary of the Yangtze in China. Like other balitorids it has a flattened head and body and horizontally extended paired fins that form a powerful sucking cup. It lives only in riffles, runs and cascades of swift, clear, oxygen-saturated water, and the aquarium must be set up to resemble such a habitat.

Moderate