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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Torinae
Etymology: Osteochilichthys: Greek, osteon = bone + Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr John Pearson Nash (1828–1885) was a Surgeon in Her Majesty’s Madras Army. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Day.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Asia: endemic to India.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4832)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: body with depth at the dorsal fin origin 28.6- 29.9 % SL; snout covered with papillae; lips thin; lateral line scales 41; caudal peduncle long, its length 20.2- 21.1 % SL; the last undivided dorsal ray non - osseous, weak; Colouration: body and fins with a peculiar colour pattern where it is reddish brown along the back, silvery over the abdomen; a black band passes from the eye to the centre of the base of the caudal fin; fins whitish; anal fin with a dark band and a similar band along the middle of the third dorsal fin (Ref. 132417).
Cross section: oval.
Inhabits large hill streams and rivers (Ref. 41236).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Plamoottil, M., 2022. Osteochilichthys elegans, a new cyprinid fish from Kerala, India. Bioscience Research 19(2):974-990. (Ref. 132417)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00430 - 0.02123), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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