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💧 Freshwater Least Concern 🌡️ Tropical

Cauvery rasbora

Rasbora caverii Jerdon, 1849
Max Length
10 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.2
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
20.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
-

📖 Overview

Found in small lowland forest streams and pools, large rivers and some estuarine waters. . Also found in mountain streams . Occurs sympatrically with R. daniconius .

Scientific Name
Rasbora caverii
Authority
Jerdon, 1849
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
10 cm
Trophic Level
3.2
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
20.00/100

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 6. Dorsal-hypural distance, when carried forward, falls behind posterior border of eye .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Cauvery rasbora is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Cauvery rasbora is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Cauvery rasbora is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater 🌿 Brackish
Trophic Level
3.2±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00708 × L3.08 (TL)
Max TL
10cm
Dorsal Rays
9
Anal Rays
6

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2011

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
20.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.2
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Jerdon, 1849

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