FB-67761 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67761 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Badidae Badis Badis soraya Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015 Spotless spiny eel 2015-07-21 2021-10-19 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham0 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) FB-GeneralDescr-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 The type locality, Manimala River, is highly sinuous and generally rocky with deep pools at certain locations and sand deposit occurring as sporadic patches or fillings in the pools. It has more or less scanty riparian vegetation. The river has bed materials generally of coarser grade and very low sand content. The width of the river channel ranges from 45-110 m and water depth in the active channel during summer seasons ranges from 0.5 m-3 m. This species occurs together with the following fish species: Anguilla bengalensis, Salmostoma boopis, Danio malabaricus, Barilius bakeri, Gonoproktopterus kurali, Rasbora daniconius, Puntius mahecola, Haludaria fasciatus, Pethia ticto, Dawkinsia filamentosa, Systomus subnasutus, Batasio travancoria, Ompok malabaricus, Clarias dussumieri, Heteropneustes fossilis, Mesonoemacheilus triangularis, Bhavania australis, Xenentodon cancila, Aplocheilus lineatus, Parambassis thomassi, Etroplus maculatus, Etroplus suratensis, Anabas testudineus, Pristolepis malabaricus, Mastacembelus armatus, Macrognathus guentheri, etc. (Ref. 97143). Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2015-07-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 Macrognathus albus can be distinguished by the following characters: absence of any bands or bars on body; 26- 29 irregular blotches on mid dorsal line from top of operculum to base of caudal; absence of pre-orbital spine; spinous part of dorsal fin originating considerably behind the end of pectoral fin; head longer and deeper, eyes located closely, body width lesser, pre dorsal and pre anal distances greater (Ref. 97143). Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) FB-Morphology-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2015-07-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 Dorsal spines (total): 26 - 30; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62 - 65; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 56 - 62 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) FB-Distribution-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 Asia: India. Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) FB-Uses-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 21.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 97143)) Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus albus (order: Synbranchiformes; family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Intl. J. Pure Appl. Zool. 2(2):100-105. (Ref. 97143) 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-67770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67770 benthopelagic; freshwater