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Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: bibarba: The specific name is derived from the generic name Bibarba, a Latin word for two pairs of barbels, in reference to the species with two pairs of barbels, of which one pair is rostral and the other maxillo-mandibular.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Chengjiang River of the Hongshuihe River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 76824)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 43. Can be distinguished by the following characters: barbels short; two black spots on caudal peduncle; a black stripe from operculum through eye to the rostral barbel insertion; dorsal fin situated on caudal half of the body; males with second pectoral fin ray thickened and elongated, length of the second pectoral fin ray 3.3-4.6 times of SL; a semicircular Lamina circularis on the third pectoral fin ray and not located at its base in males; suborbital spine relatively thick and short with strong and medio-lateral process (Ref. 76824).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chen, Y.X. and Y.F. Chen, 2007. Bibarba bibarba: a new genus and species of Gobitinae (Pisces: Cypriniformes: Cobitae) from Guangxi Province (China). Zoologischer Anzeiger 246 (2):103-113. (Ref. 76824)
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 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00233 - 0.01079), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), 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
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).