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Mustura daral Rameshori, Chinglemba, Darshan & Vishwanath, 2022

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: daral: Name from the local name of the fish in Adi Tribe: ‘Daral’; noun.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132198); 7.0 cm SL (female)

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Vertebrae: 34. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: caudal fin forked with 9 + 8 branched rays; lateral line is complete; no median notch in lower jaw; axillary pelvic lobe large; and suborbital flap in male with conspicuous tubercles along posterior rim 9-10 dark-brown saddles on dorsum, each continued down on flank forming regularly set and shaped dark-brown bars; two black blotches at caudal-fin base (Ref. 132198).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from medium to fast flowing water over a substrate of sand, cobbles and pebbles (Ref. 132198).

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Rameshori, Y., Y. Chinglemba, A. Darshan and W. Vishwanath, 2022. Mustura daral, a new species of stone loach from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 5129(2):285-294. (Ref. 132198)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈