Beaufortia kweichowensis

Beaufortia kweichowensis can be found in fast-flowing highland and in-land streams in China.

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The Beaufortia kweichowensis lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

* Beaufortia kweichowensis kweichowensis (Fang, 1931) Beaufortia kweichowensis is a species of hillstream loach belonging to the genus Beaufortia, of the family Balitoridae, and is native to the riverine fauna of China in Asia. More

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Beaufortia kweichowensis kweichowensis (Fang, 1931) In this small essay I basically follow YUE et al (2000) in taxonomy regard for the taxon differentiation into subspecies, for general classification I follow ESCHMEYER (2006). More

Name : Beaufortia kweichowensis, Beaufortia leverreti kweichowensis Other Common Names : Chinese Butterfly Loach, Hong-Kong Pleco, Butterfly Hillstream Loach, Chinese Sucker Care Level : Moderate to difficult. Size : 2.5 - 3 inches (6 - 7. More

Common names

Beaufortia kweichowensis in Catalan (Català)
Bótia de Rio Chinesa in Portuguese (Português)
貴州爬岩鰍 in Mandarin Chinese
贵州爬岩鳅 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Balitoridae
Genus : Beaufortia
Species : Beaufortia kweichowensis
Authority : Fang, 1931