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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); hiranyakeshi: Named for the place of its type locality, Hiranyakeshi River, India..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical
Asia: India.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123363)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished from its congeners in the peninsular, northeastern, and central India, and Sri Lanka by the following characters: an incomplete lateral line with 6-7 pores, ending at a point vertical at half the length of the adpressed pectoral fin; dorsal fin and caudal fin without spots or blotches; body with 9-10 bars that are wider or almost equal in width to the interspaces; dorsal fin, anal fin and sub-dorsal bars have a unique crimson color in adult males; live and preserved specimens have the lower lip with a black mark on each side of the median interruption; no suborbital flap or axillary pelvic lobe (Ref. 123363).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Praveenraj, J., T. Thackeray and S. Balasubramanian, 2020. Schistura hiranyakeshi a new loach (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Maharashtra, northern Western Ghats, India. aqua, International J. Ichthyol. 26(2):49-56. (Ref. 123363)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00385 - 0.01971), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).