''Sewellia albisuera'' is a species of fish in the genus ''

Sewellia ''Sewellia'' is a genus of fish in the family Gastromyzontidae. They are commonly called hillstream loaches (a common name shared with family Balitoridae) and are found in Laos and Vietnam.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of ...

''. The fish is only found in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

and is long ( SL).

Status

As of 2011, the

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...

listed ''Sewellia albisuera'' as

Critically Endangered An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...

under criteria A2c+3c; B1b(i,ii).

References

albisuera Fish described in 2003 Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof {{Cypriniformes-stub