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Physoschistura dikrongensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Physoschistura: Greek, physa = bellows + Greek, schizein = divided + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); dikrongensis: Named for its type locality, Dikrong River.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Dikarong river, Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93049)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal soft rays: 10. Diagnosed from other species of Physoschistura in having the following combination of characters: body with 11-15 irregular dark brown bars; dorsolateral and dorsal portion of head mottled dark brown; two V-shaped dark brown bars across caudal fin; incomplete lateral line with 70-85 pores; dorsal fin with 4 simple and 8½ branched rays; anal fin with 4 simple rays; caudal fin with 8+7 branched rays; large axillary pelvic-fin lobe; suborbital flap in male; preoperculo-mandibular canal with 9 pores (Ref. 93049).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Lokeshwor, Y. and W. Vishwanath, 2012. Physoschistura dikrongensis, a new loach from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3586:249-254. (Ref. 93049)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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