Habitat and distribution
Schistura amplizona is herein reported from three
locations; Menglun and Mengla markets and the
Nanxinghe River, Luosuojiang River subbasin, Mekong
basin, around 3 km downstream of Mengxing village,
Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. For detailed information about
this biotope see Endruweit (2011). Kottelat (2001) lists
the northern Laotian Nam Tha and Nam Youan rivers as
the natural occurrence range. The Nam Youan River
drains from Laotian Luang Namtha Province into
Xishuangbanna and is then called Nanrunhe River. It is a
left bank affluent to the Nanlahe River, in which
watershed also Mengla is located and which is in turn a
left bank tributary to the Mekong. The herein reported
occurrence within the Luosuojiang River subbasin
extends the natural occurrence range of S. amplizona
towards North.