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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Placocheilus: Greek, plax, plakos = a flat plate + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Asia: Nujiang River in Yunnan, China.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49783); common length : 10.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 45563)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Can be distinguished from its congeners by having no barbel, 45-47 lateral line scales, no semicircular black mark on middle of each caudal lobe, no blackish band across dorsal fin, a shallow groove between anterior edge and central callous pad of mental adhesive disc, a mental adhesive disc reaching beyond vertical of posterior margin of eye, predorsal scales smaller than flank scales and embedded in skin, a larger scaleless midventral region extended as far as to reach anus, and a slender caudal peduncle (depth 46.4-56.1% of its length) (Ref. 49783).

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Zhang, E., S.-P. He and Y.-Y. Chen, 2002. Revision of the cyprinid genus Placocheilus Wu, 1977 in China, with description of a new species from Yunnan. Hydrobiologia 487:207-217. (Ref. 49783)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 August 2010

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

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).

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