Schistura Albirostris
📖 Overview
Found in a reach of alternating riffles and flowing pools, river width was about 20m, depth to 1m, water clear, substrates generally unembedded and consisting of mixed cobble and gravel. Sympatric with Garra tengchongensis Zhang & Chen, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel), Schistura polytaenia (Zhu), Schistura vinciguerrae (Hora), Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor), Oreoglanis insignis Ng and Rainboth, and Pareuchiloglanis macropterus Ng .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 7; Anal soft rays: 3 - 5; Vertebrae: 38. Can be diagnosed by having a distinctive rectangular unpigmented area on the snout and ethmoid region anterior to the nares, five to seven prominent dark saddles traversing the dorsum and confluent with dark, oblique lateral bars that are expanded ventrally, a disassociated basicaudal bar, an incomplete lateral line, no suborbital flap in males, and a weakly-developed processus dentiformis .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Schistura Albirostris is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Schistura Albirostris is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Schistura Albirostris is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; depth range ? - 1 m . Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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