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Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
Eponymy: W J A Bird was a colonial officer in the Indian Sub-continent (1894). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale. Subtropical
Asia: India and Pakistan. Widespread in the Indus drainage.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 100886); peso massimo pubblicato: 55.20 g (Ref. 125883)
Occurs in clear mountain streams (Ref. 41236). Benthic bottom feeder preferring lentic habitats (Ref. 33323).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Reported to migrate from the lakes into the Jhelum river to breed on sandy beds in July-August.
Kullander, S.O., F. Fang, B. Delling and E. Åhlander, 1999. The fishes of the Kashmir Valley. p. 99-167 In L. Nyman (ed.) River Jhelum, Kashmir Valley: impacts on the aquatic environment. (Ref. 33323)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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=0.00468 (0.00250 - 0.00876), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).