Psilorhynchus tenura

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Psilorhynchus tenura Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Psilorhynchidae (Mountain carps)
Etymology: Psilorhynchus: Greek, psilos = hairless + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  tenura: The specific name is derived from the Latin tenuis (thin, slender) and Greek oura (tail), in reference to the slender peduncle region..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Korkanhalla stream in Karnataka, India.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78734)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 8. Diagnosed by having the following characters: 35-37 lateral line scales (33-35 up to hypural base with 2-3 scales on caudal fin); 5-6 simple and 10-12 branched rays on the pectoral fin; 17 rays on the caudal fin (9+8); 15 body circumferential scales; body depth 16.8-19.8% SL; caudal peduncle slender and short (depth 5.6-7.1% SL and length 13.7-16.2% SL); ventral region free from scales, with 3-4 scale rows between pelvic fin insertion and pectoral fin insertion along the edge of the body; eye situated on the upper part of head, barely visible from ventral aspect; 7 dorsal spots, 3 predorsal and 4 postdorsal; 8 spots on the body placed in the space between the dorsal spots along the lateral line; presence of a spot at the insertion region of paired fins; and the membrane between simple ray and few anterior branched rays black (Ref. 78734).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in streams, preferring cobbled substrate. Found attached to cobbles with their expanded pectoral fins and free swimming in shallow waters with medium flow (Ref. 78734).

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Arunachalam, M. and M. Muralidharam, 2008. Descriptions of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghat stream in Southern India. Raffles Bull. Of Zool. 53(2):405-414. (Ref. 78734)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 14 October 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00179 - 0.00969), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).