Gastromyzon Psiloetron
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 31 - 33. Can be distinguished from other species of the genus by possessing the following unique combination of characters: large specimens: a plain brown, grey or black body when preserved, dark brown or black in life, head dorsum plain brown; sub-adult or juveniles: black or dark brown body with up to 9 cream bars, side with complete or interrupted bars forming blotches, head dark brown with thin cream reticulate pattern; absence of secondary rostrum; absence of a post-oral pouch; absence of subopercular groove; gill slit lunate; presence of sublacrymal groove; a rounded snout when viewed dorsally; abdomen partially covered with fine scales only between the pelvic fin base; lateral line scales 59-60; pelvic fin not overlapping anal fin origin, adpressed dorsal fin not overlapping level of anal fin origin .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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