Tuberoschistura baenzigeri

Tuberoschistura baenzigeri (Kottelat, 1983)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Tuberoschistura: Latin, tuberosus = on the form of a tuber + Greek, schizein = to divide (Ref. 45335); baenzigeri: Named for Hans Bänziger, Chiang Mai.
Eponymy: Dr Hans Bänziger (d: 1941) is a Swiss entomologist at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kottelat.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 39226). Tropical

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Asia: Chao Phraya basin, Maeklong river (Ref. 78705) and Malay Peninsula.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39226)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished from its congener by having 9-10 1/2 branched dorsal rays (vs. 12 1/2); anus situated under branched dorsal rays 2-3; distance from anus to anal fin origin greater than length of base of dorsal fin (Ref. 39226).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a stream with slow current and with depth never more than 30 cm during the dry season. Also collected in turbid waters at a depth between 0 to 2 m on muddy bottom along sandy banks (Ref. 39226).

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Doi, A., 1997. A review of taxonomic studies of cypriniform fishes in Southeast Asia. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 44(1):1-33. (Ref. 26580)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 January 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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