Lepidocephalichthys annandalei is a valid scientific name.

Lepidocephalichthys annandalei Chaudhuri, 1912

Annandalei Loach - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Cypriniformes
Family	:	Cobitidae
Genus	:	Lepidocephalichthys
Species	:	Lepidocephalichthys annandalei

Common Names:

English	:	Annandalei Loach[729]
Bangla	:	Data not available

Synonyms:

Lepidocephalus annandalei (Chaudhuri, 1912)
Lepidocephalichthys menoni Pillai and Yazdani, 1976
Lepidocephalus menoni (Pillai and Yazdani, 1976)
Lepidocephalus berdmorei (Non Blyth, 1860)
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis (Non Pillai and Yazdani, 1976)

Maximum Length and Weight:

50 mm (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.8 : 4.8 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 8 : 6.7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 6 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 2.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : .6 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 1/7; P₁. 8; P₂. 6; A. 2/5 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D i-ii 6-7; A ii 5; P i 6-7; V i 6 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Not Assessed	(Version 3.1) [730]
Bangladesh	:	Vulnerable (VU)	(Version 3.1) [418]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[37] Nepal[1029]
Bangladesh	:	Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025] Punarbhaba, Dinajpur[1161] Ramnabad river, Patuakhali[1163] Feni river, Feni[1165]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment: