Nemacheilus masyae Smith, 1933

Ikhwanuddin, Mat Esa Mohd, Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai, Aziz, Azizul, Sepet, Johari, Talib, Abdullah, Ismail, Muhammad Faiz & Hashim, Nor Rasidah, 2017, Inventory of fishes in the upper Pelus River (Perak river basin, Perak, Malaysia), Check List 13 (4), pp. 315-325 : 320

Nemacheilus masyae Smith, 1933

Nemacheilus masyae Smith 1933: 58 .

Material examined. Table 1; Figure 3l.

This species have a total of 13 soft dorsal-fin rays and 8 soft anal-fin rays; color pattern consisting of a light background with 12–17 saddles running along the dorsal surface and a black spot on anteriormost dorsal-fin rays at about ¼ its length. This species inhabits shallow depths of 2 m or less in rivers and streams, with moderate cur- rent and muddy to sandy bottoms, and also occur in forest streams flowing clear and slightly black waters, as well as in turbid waters ( Rainboth 1996). It feeds on insect larvae and aquatic invertebrates ( Kottelat 1990).

Perciformes