''Sewellia marmorata'' is a species in the ''

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 ...

'' genus. The fish is highly territorial and 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 ...

. The fish maximum length is long ( SL).

Status

The fish is classified as an

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by the

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under criteria A2c; B1ab(i,ii,iii).

References

marmorata Fish described in 1996 {{Cypriniformes-stub