Chrysichthys Polli
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Body moderately elongate . A deep head, its height more than 66% of the head length . An obtusely pointed snout, slightly rounded . Eye-diameter longer than the length of the nasal barbel . Nasal barbel short, hardly reaching the anterior edge of the orbit; maxillary barbel moderate reaching the tip of the humeral spine; outer mandibulary barbel moderate, up to the posterior end of the operculum; inner mandibulary barbel reaching the end of the orbit; the two pairs of slender mandibulary barbels are distantly set and in between small papillae are found . A low number, 13-14, of slender gill rakers . Humeral spine well developed, but not reaching beyond the level of the dorsal spine . Dorsal spine short, strongly serrated on the posterior side; pectoral spine well developed, strongly serrated on the inner side . Dorsal fin short, much shorter than the head length; pectoral fin short, not reaching the base of the ventral fin; anal fin moderate, its base longer than or equal to the base of the adipose fin . Adipose fin small, the length of its base shorter than the length of the base of the dorsal fin . Preserved specimens are dark brown above the lateral line and lighter beneath; sometimes there is a black band behind the operculum . The dorsal and caudal fin may show a tiny black margin .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 9 records indexed .
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