Lao People's Democratic Republic country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong basin downriver of Khone Falls (Ref. 43281).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
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Common names from other countries

Balitora tachinská, Tume lameuim, Tai lameuim, ... more

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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: More on author: Bleeker.

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

; agua dulce demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7050)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

With 4-5 simple pectoral rays ; belly in front of posterior extremity of pelvic fins is naked only between pectoral fin bases (Ref. 34782). Scales keeled; color very dark to black with indistinct blotches (Ref. 12693). Base of caudal and lower lobe black, upper lobe hyaline (Ref. 43281).

Inhabits in high gradient streams over rocky substrates. Typically found on rocky bottoms in fast waters (Ref. 12693). Occurs in running waters of lower Mekong (Ref. 36667). Feeds on insect larvae. Not fished commercially, but has some potential for the aquarium trade (Ref. 12693).

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Randall, Z.S. and L.M. Page, 2015. On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3926(1):57-86. (Ref. 100449)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 December 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: de interés potencial; Acuario: Potencial

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [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).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

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

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Balitoropsis zollingeri (Bleeker, 1853)