Classification / Names  				 
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					Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
						पारिस्थितिकी					
				
				
				
					; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल बेनथोपिलाजिक; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: 15 - ?; पोटामोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Asia:  Afghanistan in the west to Indonesia through South and Central Asia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age
				
				
				
					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?, range 10 - ? cm
 Max length : 32.9 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 125890); common length : 5.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 35840); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 286.83 g (Ref. 125890)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					White dorsal, anal and caudal margins; 3-3+1/2 scales between the lateral line and the base of the anterior dorsal rays; relatively small size (Ref. 27732).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in hill streams (Ref. 27732).  Adults inhabit medium to large rivers, brooks, rapid-running mountain streams and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals (Ref. 12975).  Feed at night on small fish, insects and crustaceans (Ref. 85309).  Exhibit parental care, with the male brooding eggs and fry in his mouth (Ref. 85309).			
			 
			
			
			
				
				
				
				Male broods the eggs and fry in his mouth (Ref. 85309).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; जलजीवालय: व्यापारिक				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					इंटरनेट स्रोत
				
				
			
			
			
				
					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
 
				
										
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00711 - 0.01068), b=2.99 (2.94 - 3.04), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 
93245).
					
 
									
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  3.8   ±0.62 se; based on food items.					
 
				
					
						 Generation time: 2.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
 growth studies.					 
				
				
										
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (K=0.50; Fec=389).					
 
								
					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 
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