Lao country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the lower and upper Nam Theun, a tributary of the Mekong basin (Ref. 27732). Also Ref. 43281.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1998
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Common names from other countries

Mřenka sedloskvrnná, Sadulselg-käärtrull, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Kottelat.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia: Mekong basin in Laos.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ?, range 4 - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27732)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 12; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 8. Body slender (body depth 5.9-7.8 times in SL); 6-11 black saddles extending from the middle of the sides across the dorsal mid-line on a whitish-yellowish background; a large roundish black blotch on caudal-fin base (Ref. 27732).

Found in streams with relatively clear, fast water and sandy to gravel substrate; stomach of one female specimen contained aquatic insect larvae (Ref. 27732).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Kottelat, M., 1998. Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Schistura dorsizona Kottelat, 1998