Lanka blue laubuka

📖 Overview

Occurs in rivers and streams . The type locality, Kalu Ganga, has a gravel-pebble bed with fast-flowing water strewn with boulders . Sympatric with other cyprinids such as Puntius srilankensis, Puntius martenstyni and Labeo fisheri .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 19 - 23; Vertebrae: 35. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lateral line complete with 33-36 + 1-2 pored scales; scales on transverse line ½ 6/1/2-2 ½ and on caudal peduncle ½ 4/1/1 ½ scales; body depth 27.2-29.8% SL; pelvic-fin length 20.5-25.2 %SL in adults, and longer in juveniles, but not extending beyond origin of anal fin; tuberculation on lower jaw dense, reaching backwards beyond level of anterior orbit . It is distinguished from its Sri Lankan congeners by having a rounded cleithral spot whose greatest dimension is less than the eye diameter; distinct neuromast fields on the lower jaw; unbranched pelvic-fin ray when adpressed usually reaching beyond the anal-fin origin; usually circumpeduncular scales 12-14 and lateral-line scales 33-36; differs from L. varuna in having the round (vs. vertically elongate) cleithral spot . : fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Lanka blue laubuka is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Lanka blue laubuka is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Lanka blue laubuka is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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