Home›Where they come from›BaekRiverBaekOne profile names the Baek. That is what has been written, not what lives there.Species1Families1Photographed1 of 1Difficulty rated1 of 1Iksookimia pumilaCobitidae · Kim & Lee, 1987Max length80mm SL3.1in SLTank60 × 30cm24 × 12inTemp20–24°C68–75°FpH7.0–8.0All Iksookimia species are endemic to Korea, and I. pumila is known only from the Baek River drainage in south-western Korea where its presence has been undermined at some localities due to construction of a dam in the middle reaches of the river during the late 1990s. Type locality is 'Paikchon stream at Sangso-myon, Puan-gun, Chollabuk-do, South Korea'. The reservoir formed by the dam has also be...Moderate