FB-71022 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71022 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Hypostomus Hypostomus minotauros Zawadzki, Penido, Pessali & Lucinda, 2024 2025-04-01 2025-04-01 Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova0 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-GeneralDescr-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 This species is known to be found in slowly flowing, turbid water (in spring and summer), specifically within the interspaces in the bottom substrate (Ref. 133162). Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-DiagnosticDescr-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 This species is distinguished from its congeners by a set of characters, none of which are unique to the species: from D. turdakovi by possessing 84-86 lateral-line pores (vs. 100), a smaller dorsal fin depth 13.1-16.6% SL (vs. 17.7% SL) and a smaller anal fin depth 12.7-16.6% SL (vs. 16.9% SL), a deeper caudal peduncle 4.9-6.0% SL (vs. 4.4% SL), a wider interorbital distance 27.8-35.2% HL (vs. 24.5% HL), a shorter postorbital length 43.9-49.6% HL (vs. 51.3% HL), light-yellow abdominal area (vs. dark yellow), and a rounded snout (vs. pointed); from D. ilan by having 11 infraorbital pores (vs. 9), 7 pores in the preoperculomandibular canal (vs. 5), a straight or slightly concave lower margin of the anal fin (vs. slightly convex), and lower number of vertebrae 43-44 vertebrae (vs. 46); from D. amudarjensis by having a coarse vermiculate pattern of pale-yellowish lines on a dark-grey or brown background (vs. overall colorations plain brownish without pattern), often with a yellowish mid-lateral stripe on the caudal peduncle and the flank behind the vertical of the dorsal-fin origin (vs. absence), 84-86 lateral-line pores (vs. 90-95), caudal peduncle depth 3.5-4.5 times its length (vs. 4.8-6.0), and 43-44 vertebrae (vs. 45-47) (Ref. 133162). Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-Morphology-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 43 - 44 Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-Distribution-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 Asia: Uzbekistan. Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-Uses-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ pseudoamudarjensis This species is known to be found in slowly flowing, turbid water (in spring and summer), specifically within the interspaces in the bottom substrate (Ref. 133162). Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) FB-Size-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 10.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 133162)) Sheraliev, B. and Y. Kayumova 2024 Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5536(1):185-192. (Ref. 133162) 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-71031 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-04-10 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71031 benthopelagic; freshwater