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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Speonectes: Name from Greek 'speos' meaning a cave, cavern, grot) and 'nectes' for 'a swimmer'; referring to the cave habitat of the only known species of the genus.
More on author: Kottelat.

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

; agua dulce demersal. Tropical

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Asia: granitic cave in Gunung Kajang, Tioman Island, Malaysia. Reportedly most related to Sundoreonectes obesus from east and south Kalimantan and Sarawak; no other loaches were found in the island.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37830)

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Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos anales: 8. With reduced, partly embedded eyes; almost round body, tapering posteriorly (Ref. 37830).

Cave-restricted species (Ref. 27297). A 4.89 cm SL female has ripe eggs (about 1.0 mm diameter) in its gonads (Ref. 37830).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Proudlove, G.S., 1997. A synopsis of the hypogean fishes of the world. p. 351-354. In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. vol. 3. (Ref. 27297)

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

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(iii); D); Date assessed: 08 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00347 - 0.01512), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Speonectes tiomanensis (Kottelat, 1990)