Mustura Celata
📖 Overview
Mustura Celata (Mustura celata) is a ray-finned fish. It inhabits freshwater waters in benthic environments. With a trophic level of 2.8, it is an omnivore, consuming both plant and animal matter.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral fin of male slanted upwards, branched ray 1 wider than following rays, branched once and branches close together, without membrane between them except near tip; wide, thickened unculiferous pad extending along the anterior branched pectoral-fin rays, covered dorsally by small conical tubercles; two air bladder capsules connected by a manubrium and posterior chamber small and circular, or absent; the lower lip with wide median interruption, two halves forming an acute angle, not in contact medially, wide and fleshy medially, forming a triangular ‘cushion’, partly free from jaw and connected to throat by a frenum; suborbital flap present, with small tubercles on the posterior extremity .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mustura Celata is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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