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Classification / Names
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Issue
The genus Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 is the junior homonym of Crossostoma Morris & Lycett, 1851. It is recommended that Formosania Oshima, 1919 replaces the fish genus Crossostoma (Ref. 56696).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 6898). Subtropical
Asia: endemic to Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Inhabits rapid flowing streams. Feeds on periphytic algae on rock surfaces.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Novák, J., L. Hanel and O. Rícan, 2006. Formosania: a replacement name for Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 (Teleostei), a junior homonym of Crossostoma Morris & Lycett, 1851 (Gastropoda). Cybium 30(1):92. (Ref. 56696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00256 - 0.01420), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).