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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); melarancia: From the old Italian melarancia (itself derived from the Arabian narandi) from which the modern word orange is derived.
More on author: Kottelat.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
; zoet water benthopelagisch. Tropical
Asia: Mekong drainage in Laos and Vietnam.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.6 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 43281)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Body slightly compressed; head depressed, conical; snout long, pointed, eye directed upwards, slightly protruding along dorsal profile; anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; lower lip interrupted medially; 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; body and fins orange brown in life, pale chocolate brown when preserved; a broad conspicuous black stripe from gill opening to caudal-fin base; a long black bar at caudal-fin base, not reaching dorsal and ventral midlines (Ref. 36949).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Found in riffles and fast flowing creeks (Ref. 43281).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Kottelat, M., 2012. Conspectus cobitidum*: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. (26):1-199. (Ref. 92804)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00724 (0.00326 - 0.01610), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈 |