Thailand country information

Common names: Dwarf clawn loach, Dwarf loach
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: protected | Ref: Kottelat, M. and T. Whitten, 1996
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Chao Phraya, Mekong and Maeklong basins (Ref. 26336). Recorded from Kanchanaburi (Ref. 37773). Captured from the wild for the ornamental fish trade (Ref. 6459). Threatened due to habitat loss and overfishing (Ref. 58784). Also Ref. 1632, 12041, 12217, 37773, 26580. Status of threat: Critically Endangered (Ref. 58784).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vidthayanon, C., J. Karnasuta and J. Nabhitabhata, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Dwarf clawn loach, Ladderback loach, Dwarf loach, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
Etymology: Ambastaia: Named for Ambastai (or Ambastus in Latin), a river in Ptolemy’s (ca. 90-168) (identified as the Mekong)..

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

; sötvatten bottenlevande; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19. Tropical; 26°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)

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Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins (Ref. 43281) and Maeklong basin (Ref. 58784).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 12693)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Body with black dorsal stripe; 7-8 branched dorsal rays; a black midlateral stripe, dispersed as a series of joined blotches posteriorly and connected by bars to dorsal stripe (Ref. 12693).

Occurs in medium to large-sized rivers and flooded fields (Ref. 12975). Found in small muddy lakes and other standing water habitats. Active by day and often schools in some distance above the bottom (Ref. 12693). Feeds on aquatic invertebrates (Ref. 12693). Not fished commercially, but highly regarded as aquarium fish (Ref. 12693).

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (B2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 17 February 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; Akvarium: Kommersiell

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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=0.00589 (0.00248 - 0.01401), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.33 se; based on food items.

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

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959)