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Sewellia albisuera
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell CIE. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Freyhof.
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Beresford Seymour Sewell CIE. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Freyhof.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
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Asia: Viet Nam.
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. Dorsum of head, body and paired fin bases with whitish reticulated or whitish spotted pattern; faint dark grey axial stripe covering three scale rows; skin around lateral line pores whitish; posterior part of pectoral fin with 5-7 faint annular bands; 20-21 branched pelvic fin rays; 49-54+2 lateral line scales; pelvic fin origin below dorsal fin origin; pectoral fin origin posterior to corner of mouth; pelvic fin reaching anal fin origin; small soft elevated patches of fine tubercles on first pectoral fin rays in males; tubercles on simple pectoral fin ray not enlarged; absence of cavity around mouth and absence of skin-fold between oropectoral membrane and ventral surface of head (Ref. 51729).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits rocky rapids and deep pools over sandy substrates. Also found in rocky pools isolated from the main river.
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Main reference
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Freyhof, J., 2003. Sewellia albisuera, a new balitorid loach from Central Vietnam (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 14(3):225-230. (Ref. 51729)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2c+3c; B1b(i,ii)); Date assessed: 04 September 2010
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00646 (0.00283 - 0.01475), b=3.11 (2.91 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |