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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: Hemimyzon: Greek, hemi = half + greek, myzon = to suckle (Ref. 45335); confluens: From the Latin confluens (confluent), an allusion to the fused pelvic fins..
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water demersaal. Tropical
Asia: upper Nam Ngum of the Mekong basin, Laos.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 36949)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Pelvic fins posteriorly fused on most of their length, only the distal 1/10 being separated; pectoral fin with 13 simple and 11-12 branched rays; pelvic fin with 5 simple and 13-14 branched rays; 5 dark saddles along back; several large blotches on pectoral and pelvic fins (Ref. 36949).
Occurs in riffles and rapids (Ref. 36949).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Kottelat, M., 2000. Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5(1):37-82. (Ref. 36949)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00265 - 0.01501), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
