''Yunnanilus brevis'', common name

Inle Inle may refer to: * Inlé, an album * Inle Lake, a lake in Burma * Inle, Aunglan, a village in Aunglan Township, Burma * Inle, Thayet, a village in Thayet Township, Burma * Inle (Santería), a character in Santería Santería (), also kn ...

loach, is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the genus ''

Yunnanilus ''Yunnanilus'' is a genus of small stone loaches that are endemic to southeastern China, especially Guangxi and Yunnan. They are found in rivers, streams and lakes; some species are restricted to caves. Species There are currently 35 recogniz ...

'', although some authorities place it in the genus ''

Petruichthys ''Petruichthys'' is a genus of stone loaches native to eastern Asia. The genus is not universally accepted as valid and the two species placed thare have been placed in other genera. Species There are currently two recognized species in this ge ...

''. It is only found in Inle Lake and the adjacent He-Ho Plain in the

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in Myanmar. It is a

demersal The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of ...

fish which occurs in still and slow running waters as well as in a shallow lake, with dense submerged and floating vegetation.

References

brevis Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1893 {{Nemacheilidae-stub