Mustura Yangi
📖 Overview
Mustura Yangi (Mustura yangi), first described by Qin, Kottelat, Kyaw & Chen, 2022 is a small fish. Adults typically reach 5.60 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 distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: dark grey bars on flank 6-7, often dissociated into a blotch and a saddle; head with numerous and irregular spots; eyes extremely dorsally situated; axillary pelvic lobe well formed, prominent air-bladder with a minute posterior chamber in abdominal cavity; males with suborbital flap; lateral line is complete; caudal peduncle slender, its depth 1.6-1.9 times in its length, 8.6-10.1 % SL; caudal fin forked .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mustura Yangi is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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