Jonklaas loach

The Spotted Loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.

The Jonklaas loach lives in the demersal, non-migratory, freshwater, depth range 0 - m environment.

The Jonklaas loach is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

* Jonklaas loach at fishbase.org Threats A majority of the wetlands in Sri Lanka are facing various threats that are posed by harmful human activities. More

Common names

Jonklaas ehirava in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Jonklaas loach in English
Jonklaas' s loach in English
Marmorinuoliainen in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Sekavec Jonklaasův in Czech (česky)
Spotted loach in English
乔氏似鳞头鳅 in Mandarin Chinese
喬氏似鱗頭鰍 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cobitidae
Genus : Lepidocephalichthys
Species : Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi
Authority : Deraniyagala, 1956