A great beginners hillstream loach. Easy to care for. Adults inhabit high gradient streams over fast bedrock, cobble runs and rapids while juveniles in slower stretches of gravel and exposed tree roots. Feeds on aquatic insect larvae. Reaches 6 cm SL.

Inhabits mountain streams with gravel bottoms. Reaches 12 cm. in length.

Syntopic with Gastromyzon ocellatus.. Reaches 4.5 cm SL.

Syntopic with Gastromyzon ctenocephalus.. Reaches 4.5 cm SL.

Rheophilous, inhabits rapids and riffles. Occurs in, small streams with large and deep pools covered by submerged plants, provided that small riffles are present between these pools; high gradient streams consisting almost exclusively of waterfalls; in larger rivers, at the upper extremity of riffles where current velocity do not exceed 0.2 m/sec, as well as habitats with high water velocities exceeding 1 m/sec. Often associated with Annamia normani, Balitora sp., Schistura spp., Glyptothorax spp., Anguilla marmorata, and Rhinogobius spp. Stomach contents include benthic invertebrates and algae. Observed to be active during daytime searching in the periphyton on both horizontal and vertical surfaces of stones probably searching for aquatic invertebrates. From Fishbase.