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Diagnostic Description

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Distinguished from its congeners in having the following unique combination of characters: body dark brown, dorsum with 7-8 cream bars, side with bars complete or interrupted to form an ocellus pattern, head dorsum dark brown with cream spots and blotches; caudal fin red when live; lack of secondary rostrum; lack of a postoral pouch; gill slit angular, subopercular groove present and continuous to pectoral fin origin; a rounded snout when viewed dorsally; presence of sublacrimal groove; abdomen without scales; 56-61 scales on lateral line; pelvic fin not overlapping anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping anal fin origin (Ref. 55025).
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analsoft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 30 - 31
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Biology

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Inhabits fast flowing rocky streams (Ref. 84801). Syntopic with Gastromyzon ctenocephalus (Ref. 55025).
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Gastromyzon ocellatus

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Gastromyzon ocellatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gastromyzon.

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Gastromyzon ocellatus: Brief Summary

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Gastromyzon ocellatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Gastromyzon.

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