Devario Deruptotalea
📖 Overview
The type locality is characterized by clear, shallow, fast running water with about 0.05 m to 1.5 m depth (during the month of March) and bottom consisting of cobbles, sand and a meager amount of mud with rich algal growth. Collected together with Barilius ngawa, Channa gachua, Garra paralissorhynchus, Garra sp., Glyptothorax ventrolineatus, Mastacembelus armatus, Neolissochilus stracheyi, Poropuntius burtoni and Schistura reticulata .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 35. Devario deruptotalea can be diagnosed from its congeners in the Chindwin drainage in having the following combination of characters: complete lateral line with 32-34 pored scales; unique color pattern consisting of 4-6 dark brown irregularly shaped and arranged bars, each of which is partly confluent with adjacent bar at different levels on anterior one-third of side of body, followed by three distinct dark brown stripes posteriorly; darker P stripe, about twice as broad as other stripes and extending onto median caudal-fin rays; blackish stripe on dorsal fin; series of 3-6 yellowish patches formed along path of I-1 by P and P-1 stripes . Note: see Fang 1997 for description of stripes and interspaces.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Devario Deruptotalea is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Devario Deruptotalea.
🔍 Similar Species
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