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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); defectiva: From the Latin defectivus (incomplete, imperfect), a reference to the incomplete bars..
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
Asia: Nam Ngum and Nam Khan basins of the Mekong
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36949)
Descrição breve
Morfologia | Morfometria
Anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; lower lip interrupted medially, no median notch in upper lip; no median notch in lower jaw; body depth 14.3-15.8 %SL; caudal peduncle length 14.5-15.8 %SL, depth 10.5-11.8 %SL, 1.26-1.44 times in length; lateral line complete; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; top of head spotted; body with 8-10 bars, as wide as or narrower than interspaces, not very regularly shaped and set, often dissociated into a blotch along side and a blotch along dorsal midline; a faint grey midlateral stripe or rows of longitudinally elongate blotches superimposed to the bar pattern; black bar at caudal-fin base more or less complete, often not reaching ventral midline, bent forward along dorsal midline; dorsal-fin base with a black spot at anterior extremity, followed by an orange dot and a grey elongate blotch (Ref. 36949). Mid-dorsal blotches may also be fused into a mid-dorsal stripe (Ref. 43281).
Inhabits riffles and creeks (Ref. 36949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Kottelat, M., 2000. Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5(1):37-82. (Ref. 36949)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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