FB-67762 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67762 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Badidae Badis Badis laspiophilus Valdesalici & van der Voort, 2015 Yellow banded spiny eel 2015-07-21 2021-10-19 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham0 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) 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-67771 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67771 The substrate of type locality of this species is generally sand or sandy gravel with occasional presence of bed rock or black clays. The area has a width of 45.0-125.0 m and a depth of 0.3- 8 m; bank height is 4.0- 5.0 m above the general water level in summer season. Moderate to dense riparian vegetation covers the area, with intermittent occurrence of low riparian vegetation noticed at certain places. Some of the major plants observed were Ochreinauclea missionis, Hydnocarpus pentandra, Aporosa lindleyana, Tribulus terretris, Tamarindus indica, Bombax ceiba. Associated fish species include Anguilla bengalensis, A. bicolor, Barilius bakeri, Dayella malabarica, Danio malabaricus, Puntius amphibius, Systomus subnasutus, Dawkinsia filamentosa, Haludaria fasciata, Pethia ticto, Mystus oculatus, Ompok malabaricus, Wallago attu,Pseudotropius mitchelli, Batasio travancoria, Nandus nandus, Etroplus maculatus, Etroplus suratensis, Anabas testeudineus, Mastacembelus armatus, Channa striatus, C. marulius, C. gachua, C. micropeltes among others (Ref. 95044). Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67771 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=67771 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: D XXVIII-XXX; A 65-67; vertical lateral lines on the body 26-27; whitish yellow round spots 8-9, present in a row in between every two vertical lines and first dorsal spine originate at the level or a little behind the end of pectoral fin; comparatively greater body width (7.5-8.3 % SL), shorter dorsal (10.5- 13.0 % HL) and anal spines (13.2- 16.7 % HL), smaller eyes (3.7- 4.8 % HL), interorbital width 10.0-10.9 % HL, shorter width of gape of mouth (7.7- 9.7 % HL) and shorter lower jaw (9.1- 10.9 % HL); dorsal (2.2- 2.9 % SL), pectoral (28.6- 32.1) and anal fins (1.7- 2.6) are alsocomparatively shorter in Macrognathus fasciatus (Ref. 95044). Further differs with relative species by the presence of pre-orbital spine; spinous part of dorsal fin originating at vertical through the level of or slightly behind the end of pectoral fin; head length 14.8-16.5 % SL; head depth 36.8-41.8 % HL; pre-dorsal length 22.2-26.1 % SL; height of dorsal fin 2.2-2.9 % SL; height of anal fin 1.7-2.6 %SL; pre-anal length 53.0-59.4 % SL. Colouration: body dark brown; presence of distinct vertical bands on the body (Ref. 97143). Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) FB-Morphology-67771 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=67771 Dorsal spines (total): 28 - 30; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60 - 72; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 65 - 67 Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) FB-Distribution-67771 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=67771 Asia: India. Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) FB-Size-67771 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67771 30.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 95044)) Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044) 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-67771 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-07-28 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67771 demersal; freshwater; depth range 0 - 8 m (Ref. 95044) Plamoottil, M. and N.P. Abraham 2014 Macrognathus fasciatus (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) - a new fish species from Kerala India. Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 17(1):49-54. (Ref. 95044)