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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Kalu River, Bentara River, Gin River, Polathu-Modera River, and Nilwala River in Sri Lanka.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94541)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 28 - 29. Rasboroides pallidus differs from R. vaterifloris and R. nigromarginatus by having dorsal-fin origin 3 (vs. 1) scale-widths behind pelvic-fin origin and body depth of 34.3-37.5 % SL in males, 33.0-36.7 in females (vs. 31.1-32.8 in males and 31.0-31.7 in females of R. vaterifloris, and 28.2-33.0 in males and 26.9-29.1 in females of R. nigromarginatus). It can be differentiated from male R. rohani by having a smaller size of up to 24.6 mm SL (vs. up to 35.5 mm SL), having 1/2 6 1/2 or 1/2 7 1/2 (vs. 1/2 8 1/2) scales in transverse line on body, 20-24 (vs. 25-28) scales in lateral series on body, and 2 (vs. 1) lateral processes to the kinethmoid. Female R. pallidus differs from female R. rohani by possessing a greater eye diameter (39-40 % HL, vs. 29-34) and a greater interorbital width (33-36 % HL, vs. 25- 28) (Ref. 94541).
Found in shallow, slow-flowing, densely shaded lowland rain-forested streams with a sandy-silt
substrate (Ref. 94541).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Batuwita, S., M. de Silva and U. Edirisinghe, 2013. A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 24(2):121-140. (Ref. 94541)
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 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00376 - 0.01926), b=3.07 (2.87 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).