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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: Ghatsa: Named after the Western Ghats of India where species of this genus appears to be endemic; santhamparaiensis: Named after the type locality, Santhamparai.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: India.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47923)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Dorsal fin origin behind the origin of the pelvic fin and inserted nearer to the caudal fin base than to the tip of the snout; pectoral fin with 4 simple and 10 branched rays; rostral barbels unequal in size, first pair shorter than second pair; lateral line with 88-95 scales; body dark brown with 8-9 blotches on dorsal surface; ventral surface anterior to anal fin yellow and remainfer brown (Ref. 47923).

Hides under bedrock undercuts and edges of boulders (Ref. 47923). Temperature 17 ° C (Ref. 47923).

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Arunachalam, M., J.A. Johnson and K. Rema Devi, 2002. Homaloptera santhamparaiensis, a new species of balitorid fish (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from western Ghats stream of Kerala, India. Acta Zool. Taiwan.13(1):31-38. (Ref. 47923)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 18 June 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00314 - 0.01595), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

Ghatsa santhamparaiensis (Arunachalam, Johnson & Rema Devi, 2002)