Hemibarbus mylodon

Hemibarbus: from the Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', and the generic name Barbus, to which members appear similar.

mylodon: from the Ancient Greek, meaning 'grinder', and ὀδών (odṓn), meaning ‘toothed', in allusion to the large fourth pharyngeal tooth, which is molariform with a small, round excavation on the upper surface.

Endemic to the Korean peninsula where it occurs throughout North Korea and South Korea.

Type locality is 'Keumsan River, near Pusan, South Korea.'

Predominantly a riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud, where adults tend to form schools just above the substrate in faster-flowing sections.

Wild fish feed primarily on benthic macroinvertebrates.