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Common names: 美丽沙鳅, 美麗沙鰍
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the main rivers and streams of the middle Pearl River and Jiulongjiang River (Ref. 26054). Also found in Beijiang River (Ref. 89718). Also Ref. 26563, 44416.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Yang, J.-X. and Y.-R. Chen, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spitzkopfschmerle, 美丽沙鳅, Kaunis hiinabootsia, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

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Asia: China and Viet Nam.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111347); max. published weight: 6.20 g (Ref. 111347)

Adults inhabit bottom parts of streams and main rivers in clear, moderately or slowly flowing water with some aquatic plants (Ref. 26054).

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Kottelat, M., 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa 401:1-18. (Ref. 50472)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 20 September 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00297 - 0.01015), b=3.17 (3.01 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.48 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Sinibotia pulchra (Wu, 1939)