Osteochilus Melanopleura
📖 Overview
Occurs at midwater to bottom depths in rivers, streams, canals and swamps. Large individuals also occur in impoundments. Moves into seasonally flooded habits that supply its preferred diet of mostly periphyton as well as leafy plants like aquatic macrophytes and inundated land plants. Also feeds on phytoplankton, filamentous algae and benthic algae. Begins to return to the river in October, with numbers steadily increasing until January, when they begin to decline again. Large individuals are sold fresh or dried and salted, smaller ones are made into prahoc .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Has 45-53 lateral line scales; 16-18 branched dorsal rays; an upturned mouth; a greenish to greyish body; a large, vertically elongated, blackish blotch above pectoral fin; sometime a faint round blotch on the caudal peduncle.: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Osteochilus Melanopleura is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Osteochilus Melanopleura is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Are partial spawners.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - ? ; dH range: 5 - 8; potamodromous . Tropical; 22°C - 26°C
🌿 Ecology
phytoplankton, filamentous algae and benthic algae
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Osteochilus Melanopleura 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 Osteochilus Melanopleura is currently being compiled from USDA FoodData Central.
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Osteochilus Melanopleura has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔍 Similar Species
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