Kashgarian loach
📖 Overview
Overview information for Kashgarian loach is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body comparatively deep and substantially laterally compressed. Head compressed dorsoventrally, with a protruded rostrum. Sexually mature fishes with dorsal profile of the body distinctly humpbacked. Caudal fin truncated but with a hollow. Posterior nostril beanlike, surrounding the anterior nostril posteriorly. Lateral line complete. Numerous small blackish spots on the body. No sexual dimorphism .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Kashgarian loach is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Kashgarian loach is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Kashgarian loach is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Kashgarian loach is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Detailed nutritional data for Kashgarian loach is currently being compiled from USDA FoodData Central.
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Kashgarian loach has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbatula yarkandensis | Day | 1877 | Synonym |
| Nemacheilus yarkandensis | Day | 1877 | Synonym |
| Nemachilus tarimensis | Kessler | 1879 | Synonym |
| Nemachilus yarkandensis | Day | 1877 | Synonym |
| Nemachilus yarkandensis brevibarbus | Herzenstein | 1888 | Synonym |
| Nemachilus yarkandensis longibarbus | Herzenstein | 1888 | Synonym |
| Triplophysa yarkandensis | Day | 1877 | Synonym |
| Triplophysa yarkandensis yarkandensis | - | - | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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