Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 5 - ? m (Ref. 4832). Subtropical; 18°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468); 34°N - 19°S
Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. Introduced elsewhere.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 182 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 41236); peso máximo publicado: 38.6 kg (Ref. 72380)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 17; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 8. Body deep, with depth 2.5 to 3 times in standard length (Ref. 4832). Has a large, upturned mouth (Ref. 3264), with a prominent protruding lower jaw (Ref. 4832). Pectoral fins long, extending to pelvic fins; scales conspicuously large (Ref. 4832).
Adults occur in rivers, lakes and culture ponds (Ref. 41236). Mature individuals breed in rivers (Ref. 4832). Surface and mid-water feeders, mainly omnivorous with juveniles feeding on aquatic and terrestrial insects, detritus and phytoplankton.
Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. (Ref. 41236)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: muy comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00552 - 0.01438), b=3.08 (2.95 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.22 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.28; tm=3-5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 186 [82, 309] mg/100g; Iron = 0.937 [0.464, 1.633] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [16.2, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.41 [0.20, 0.85] g/100g; Selenium = 132 [63, 298] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.54 [1.84, 11.88] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.25 [0.68, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.