Alestes Inferus
📖 Overview
Collected in shallow water and in deeper pools alongside emergent grasses at the riverbank over a substrate dominated by large rocks and rock rubble .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: pored lateral line scales 31-33; vertebrae 39-40; gill rakers along lower limb of first arch 15-17; D with 2 unbranched and 8 branched rays; A 3 unbranched and 16-18 branched rays; origin of dorsal fin at, or slightly in front of, vertical through pelvic-fin origin; lateral-line scales with bifurcating external canal in region proximate to overlap with following scale, each bifurcation terminating in a small pore .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Alestes Inferus is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Alestes Inferus is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Alestes Inferus is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical; 5°S - 6°S, 13°E - 14°E
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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