Mustura Chindwinensis

📖 Overview

Mustura Chindwinensis (Mustura chindwinensis), first described by Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012 is a tiny fish. Adults typically reach 4.50 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is characterized by the following: with only three simple dorsal-fin rays; two halves of the air bladder capsules separated and connected by a manubrium; a well-formed, unencapsulated, slightly spherical free posterior chamber is beneath the manubrium, Male pectoral fin slanted upwards with the first branched fin-ray rigid, about twice the thickness of the second, branched once and without a membrane between them except near tip; the following branched ray also branched only once; also with a thick conspicuous unculiferous pad present on the dorsal surface of all simple and branched pectoral-fin rays, small conical tubercles present on the dorsal surfaces of rays and pads, most prominent on second and third branched rays; the branched ray 2-3 longest; with a bluntly rounded suborbital flap with small tubercles on its edges; no such modifications of the pectoral fin in females; complete lateral line; without a rhomboid dark brown mark encircling a pale oval area on the nape; flank with 13-17 irregular blotches or bars; preoperculo-mandibular pores 7; caudal-fin lobes equal; snout pointed; presence of a median notch in the lower jaw; absence of pigments on all fin rays, except on pectoral fins .: elongated; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Mustura Chindwinensis is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

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