Schistura andrewi

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Schistura andrewi Solo, Lalramliana, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335);  andrewi: Named for Andrew Arunava Rao for extending his help to the authors for documentation of fishes in Mizoram. A noun in apposition..

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Mat River, tributary of Kaladan River in Mizoram, India.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97391)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 33. Schistura andrewi is distinguished from other congeners from the Kaladan basin and its adjacent basins by having the combination of the following characters: axillary pelvic lobe long; lateral line complete with 82-95 pores; dorsal and anal fins with 2 unbranched rays; 6-7 broad, wider than interspace, black bars on the body; 2 rows of black spots horizontally across the dorsal fin; a deeply emarginate caudal fin with 2 vertical rows of black spots across the fin, and 9 + 8 branched caudal fin rays; a sub-orbital flap present in males; and intestine looped behind the stomach (Ref. 97391).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in a small pool with slow-flowing water and substrate composed of sand, gravel and rocks. Found associated with the following fishes: Schistura nebeshwari, Olyra sp. and Garra spp. (Ref. 97391).

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Solo, B., Lalramliana, S. Lalronunga and Lalnuntluanga, 2014. Schistura andrewi, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India. Zootaxa 3860(3):253-260. (Ref. 97391)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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