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💧 Freshwater Data Deficient 🌡️ Tropical

Pseudomystus Bomboides

Pseudomystus bomboides Kottelat, 2000
Max Length
4.2 cm
Max Weight
Lifespan
Trophic Level
3.1
Depth
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
Depth Zone

📖 Overview

Overview information for Pseudomystus Bomboides is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Pseudomystus bomboides
Authority
Kottelat, 2000
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
4.2 cm
Trophic Level
3.1
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
0–0.5 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Siluriformes
Family
Bagridae
Bagridae
Genus
Pseudomystus
Pseudomystus
Species
Pseudomystus Bomboides
Pseudomystus bomboides

🐟 Physical Description

Body coloration dark greyish-brown with three pale whitish bars; a dark greyish-brown bar across caudal fin, a second one across each lobe, joined to the first one on the median rays; tip of caudal-fin lobes not produced into a filament; absence of supra-clavicular process; relatively large eyes (eye diameter 16.3-21.4 % of head length); relatively low adipose fin (adipose fin depth 4.2-6.9 %SL); hind margin of dorsal-fin spine almost smooth; relatively long maxillary barbels that extend past edge of opercle almost to beneath origin of dorsal fin . Body shallow, depth at dorsal fin origin equal to head width .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Pseudomystus Bomboides is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Pseudomystus Bomboides is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Pseudomystus Bomboides is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater
Trophic Level
3.1±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00871 × L2.93 (TL)
Max TL
4.2cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
0–0.5ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2011

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.1
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Kottelat, 2000

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🌍CES sumíček bručivý

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 2 records indexed .

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