FB-70725 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70725 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Blenniidae Antennablennius Antennablennius persicus (Regan, 1905) 2024-09-25 2024-09-25 Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath0 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199) FB-GeneralDescr-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 This species occurs in cool, clear, swift-flowing freshwater streams over a substrate of gravel, cobble and boulders covered in lush green algal growth. It was collected from shallow clearwater regions of depth ~0.5-0.8 m. Associated species were Neolissochilus paucisqamatus,Opsarius dogarsinghi, O. ngawa, Botia histrionica, Schistura rubrimaculata, Glyptothorax trilineatus, and Batasio affinis. The two dissected females (3.88-4.18 cm SL) have unripe ovaries and the stomachs in both contain unidentifiable vegetable matter (Ref. 132199). Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath 2021 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set characters: dorsal fin with 9½ or 10½ branched rays; caudal fin with 9+8 or 8+8 or 8+7 branched rays; lateral line is complete; with axillary pelvic lobe; processus dentiformis is poorly developed; male with suborbital flap; body depth 12.8-16.0 % SL. Colouration: body with 12-13 irregular dark-brown blotches or bars on flank, alternately arranged with 11-16 dark brown saddles of varying shape and size on the back; dorsum of head with a distinct rhomboid dark brown mark encircling a pale oval area on the nape; basicaudal bar black, with its dorsal extremity presenting as a small, slightly oblique blotch, its ventral extremity presenting as a vertically elongated blotch, more or less connected by an indistinct black region between the two (Ref. 132199). Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath 2021 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199) FB-Distribution-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 Asia: India. Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath 2021 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199) FB-Uses-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 6.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 132199)) Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath 2021 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70734 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-10-02 00:00:00 2024-10-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70734 demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 132199) Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath 2021 A new species of stone loach of the genus <i>Mustura</i> (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199)