Lepidocephalichthys guntea, also known as guntea loach, scavenger loach or peppered loach,[2] is a species of cobitid loach native to southern and south-eastern Asia. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It uses its intestines to breathe, which gives it the ability to adapt to live in a variety of stagnant and flowing environments.[3] This fish is found in the aquarium trade.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Lepidocephalichthys |
| Species: | L. guntea
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| Lepidocephalichthys guntea (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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| Synonyms[1]: 32–33 | |
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List
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References
edit- ^ Kottelat, Maurice (December 2012). "Conspectus Cobitidum: An Inventory of the Loaches of the World (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 1–199. Supplement No. 26. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b Mark in Vancouver (6 January 2007). "Lepidocephalichthys guntea". Loaches Online Community Edition. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Roy, Rudra Prasad; Saha, Tilak; Chakraborty, Ranadhir (2018). "Contrasting observation in culturable aerobic and micro-aerophilic heterotrophic fish gut-bacteria: intestine-breathing Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton Buchannan) versus gill-breathing Labeo rohita". Current Science. 115 (3): 548–552. doi:10.18520/cs/v115/i3/548-552. JSTOR 26978243.
See also
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