Pantosteus Bondi

📖 Overview

Pantosteus Bondi (Pantosteus bondi), first described by Smith, Stewart & Carpenter, 2013 is a small fish. Adults typically reach 12.90 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Temperate waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 40 - 44. A member of the Catostomus (P.) platyrhynchus species group distinguished by the following characters: distal process of the dentary wide and robust, and proximal process of the dentary shorter than other species in this group; pharyngeal teeth mostly two-pointed, dorsal teeth forked, unlike the mostly single pointed, less bifurcate teeth of C. (P.) platyrhynchus, but similar to C. (P.) jordani and C. (P.) lahontan; hyomandibula narrow, with a large sphenotic condyle and a broader, more robust posterodorsal tip than C. (P.) jordani, but similar to C. (P.) platyrhynchus and C. (P.) lahontan; tall and narrow opercular bone, the width 0.51-0.57 of the over-all height (vs. 0.57-0.61 in other species); combination of post-Weberian vertebrae usually 40-44 (average 1 fewer in other species of the group except jordani); caudal peduncle depth usually 9% of SL (usually 1% higher in other species); and caudal rays pigmented, inter-radial membranes with few or no melanophores (usually immaculate in other species except when introgressed with C. (P.) virescens [in the upper Snake River] and C. (P.) discobolus [in the Green River]. Can be diagnosed from C. (P.) platyrhynchusin the Snake River above Shoshone falls (the geographically closest, potentially genetically connected relative) by having the following characters: 41-58 predorsal scales, means 43-56 (vs. 40-45 predorsal scales, means 42-44); usually 75-85 scales on lateral line, means 77-82 (vs. 80-90 scales, means 83-86); 29-37 gill rakers on the external row of the first arch (vs. 23-31 gill rakers on the external row of the first arch); 35-51 gill rakers on the internal row of the first arch (vs. 33-39 gill rakers on the internal row of the first gill arch) .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Pantosteus Bondi is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate North America: Oregon, USA.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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