The bands between the pectoral and dorsal fin and the bands before the tail are interspersed with short vertical stripes.The fins are translucent. It then becomes dark bands along the rest of the body, through the tail, and on the dorsal fin. The patterning consists of dark spots on the the head back to about the pectoral fins. The body is a silver to light golden background. This loach has a long slender snout and long body. The Mongoose Loach will get up to 5 inches (12.5 cm) in the wild, though in the aquarium it is usually smaller and has a life span of up to 10 years. In nature this loach feeds on crustaceans, insects, larvae, and plant matter. Their habitat is normal absent of aquatic plants. They tend to stay in swift flowing clear stretches of rocky substrate. This Long Shounted Loach is found in main river channels and tributaries. But because there are a number of locations where it is found that indicate no wide spread threats, it currently is listed as Least Concern (LC). Nemacheilus rueppelli is a widely distributed species and in some areas the species has faced drastic declines due to increasing urbanization and pollution of these rivers. This loach is listed on the IUCN Red List. Other common names it is called include Long Shounted Loach and Lizard Loach. They are found in Asia, in tributaries of the Krishna River in northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The Mongoose Loach Nemacheilus rueppelli was described by Sykes in 1839.
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