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Tanichthyidae (Mountain minnows)
Etymology: Tanichthys: Named for Mr Tan Kam Fei, the famous Scout of Kwangtung; for his interest in ichthyology and encouraging the young scouts toward the study of nature; micagemmae: Names with reference to its sparkling colour pattern and small size, from the Latin verb micare (sparkle) and the Latin substantive gemma (gem). Noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Tan Kam Fei was a Chinese boy-scout leader who discovered and collected the first specimens of the minnows (1932) and brought them to the attention of the author. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Freyhof & Herder.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical; 18°C - 27°C (Ref. 89920)
Asia: River Ben Hai, Viet Nam.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 41279)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8; Rayons mous anaux: 11. Head and body below lateral midline whitish with many small dark grey spots (versus dark reddish brown); one black and white whitish longitudinal stripe of about same width (width of black stripe 0.9-1.8 times width of whitish stripe versus 0.3-0.6); distance from dorsal-fin origin to upper margin of whitish stripe about equal to distance from anal-fin origin to lower margin of black stripe (upper distance 0.9-1.2 times lower distance versus 1.8-2.7).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Found in a wide, shallow stream with fast current and sandy bottom (Ref. 41279).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Freyhof, J. and F. Herder, 2001. Tanichthys micagemmae, a new miniature cyprinid fish from Central Vietnam (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):215-220. (Ref. 41279)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |