Classification / Names
Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Issue
Trichopodus bejeus is a valid species according to Knight et al., 2022 (Ref. 133093); correction in FishBase will be made.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: 4 - 15. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 13371)
Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and upper Myanmar. Widely transported around the world (Ref. 1739).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 41236)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 15 - 17; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 14; Épines anales: 15 - 18; Rayons mous anaux: 14 - 19; Vertèbres: 27. Body elongate and strongly compressed. Mouth small, slightly protrusible; upper lip papillose, especially in old males. Preorbital serrate in young specimen. Color greenish with oblique orange or bluish bars descending downwards and backwards from the back to the anal fin. Vertical fins with alternating dark and pale spots or bars; the anal fin often with a red margin.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Occurs in large rivers, estuaries, ditches, ponds (Ref. 4833) and lakes, generally preferring weedy environment (Ref. 41236). An air-breathing species (Ref. 118402).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Male defends the bubble-nest. Lays 500-600 eggs.
Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. (Ref. 41236)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00926 - 0.02591), b=2.97 (2.83 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.8 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Fec=500-600 eggs (Ref.
1672)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 327 [77, 1,007] mg/100g; Iron = 2.69 [0.99, 6.70] mg/100g; Protein = 16.2 [14.9, 17.5] %; Omega3 = 0.259 [0.090, 0.743] g/100g; Selenium = 36.4 [15.2, 83.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.7 [10.2, 68.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [1.34, 3.09] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.