FB-70178 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70178 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Anostomidae Leporinus Leporinus microphysus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 Lefua echigonia (non Jordan & Richardson, 1907) Lefua sp. Not applicable 2023-07-06 2023-07-06 Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki0 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) FB-GeneralDescr-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 Occurs at the uppermost reaches of mountain streams surrounded by dense natural vegetation; preferring sandy bottoms with gravel or pebbles, where it hides under rocks and stones. It is syntopically distributed together with L. echigonia in the Yura and Kako rivers, although L. echigonia has a tendency to inhabit more lentic waters in swampy streams and ditches (Ref. 128930). Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki 2018 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: with a narrow conspicuous dark brown band between the base of outer rostral barbel and eye (vs. absence, or light and/or indistinct if present) and eyes located dorsally on the head (vs. dorsolaterally); differs from L. costata, L. pleskei, L. nikkonis, and L. sayu by absence of a rhomboid or triangular dark blotch on the middle of the caudal-fin base (vs. presence); differs from L. echigonia by absence of dark spots on the dorsal and caudal fins, or sparse if present (vs. presence) (Ref. 128930). Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki 2018 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) FB-Morphology-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 36 - 40 Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki 2018 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) FB-Distribution-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 Asia: Japan. Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki 2018 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) FB-Size-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 5.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 128930)) Hosoya, K., T. Ito and J.I. Miyazaki 2018 <i>Lefua torrentis</i>, a new species of loach from western Japan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Exlor. Freshwat. 28(3):193-201. (Ref. 128930) 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-70187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-07-07 00:00:00 2023-07-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70187 demersal; freshwater