''Yunnanilus cruciatus'' is a species of

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. This species grows to a length of SL. It is sometimes placed in the putative monotypic genus '' Micronemacheilus'' but this genus is currently preoccupied by '' Micronemacheilus zispi'', although this species is regarded by some authorities as a

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of '' Traccatichthys taeniatus''.Kottelat, M. (2012)
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.'' ''Y. cruciatus'' occurs in the relatively still and shallow stretches of rivers where there is dense aquatic vegetation and the substrate is muddy and sandy. The species seems to be quite commonly found in the aquarium trade.

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cruciatus Taxa named by Carl Hialmar Rendahl Fish described in 1944 {{Nemacheilidae-stub