Sewellia speciosa
Gastromyzontidae · Roberts, 1998
Max length
55mm SL2.2in SL
Sewellia speciosa is a hillstream loach that appears endemic to the Xe Kong river drainage in central Vietnam and southern Laos. It first became available in early 2010 and sometimes appears on trade lists as 'Laos sucker' or 'Laos Sakura sucker'. The spotted body without stripes separates it from the morphologically similar S. lineolata, which is striped, and it inhabits shallow, fast-flowing, highly-oxygenated headwaters.
