Discogobio poneventralis Zheng & Zhou 2008

Differs from all its congeners by the following characters: oral sucking disc small with posterior margin not reaching vertical of anterior margin of eye; rostral pair equal to eye diameter; maxillary pair of barbels not reaching posterior margin of oral sucking disc; mid-ventral region anterior to pelvic-fin insertion scaleless; eye visible in ventral view; prepelvic length 57.1-58.1% SL; pectoral-pelvic length 40.8-41.0% SL; head length 17.5-18.4% SL; snout length 44.9-47.2% HL (Ref. 75176).Description: Dorsal-fin ii,8; Anal fin ii,5; Pectoral fin i12-13; Pelvic fin i8 (Ref. 75176).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analsoft rays: 7

Prefers to inhabit fast-flowing water of limpid streams with cobble substrate. Reported by local people to feed mainly on algae and occasionally on aquatic plants and larvae of aquatic insects (Ref. 75176).

Discogobio poneventralis is a fish species in the genus Discogobio endemic to the Panlonghe of the Red River in China.