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Erethistes maesotensis is a species of South Asian river catfish native to Myanmar and Thailand where it is known from Moei River near Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border. E. maesotensis has been observed to inhabit fast-moving waters; during the rainy season, the water depth can increase by at least 3 metres (10 ft). The substrate mainly consists of small stones and sand with numerous empty gastropod shells.[1] This species grows to a length of 2.2 centimetres (0.87 in) SL.

Erethistes maesotensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Erethistidae
Genus:	Erethistes
Species:	E. maesotensis
Binomial name
Erethistes maesotensis Kottelat, 1983

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Erethistes maesotensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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