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Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: ornata: From the bold spots on the caudal peduncle and the dorsal-fin base..
More on authors: Roberts & Ferraris.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Bangladesh.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40780)
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Semicircular spot on the middle of caudal-fin base, about equal to eye diameter; dark spot extending across bases of second through fifth branched dorsal-fin rays. Anal fin with 4-5 simple rays, 8-9 branched rays, total 12-14 rays. Eye relatively large, its diameter about equal to snout length. Nasal barbel extends just past posterior margin of orbit; maxillary barbel with broad membrane, barbel reaches anal-fin origin (Ref. 40780).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Roberts, T.R. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 1998. Review of South Asian sisorid catfish genera Gagata and Nangra, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(14):315-345. (Ref. 40780)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00307 - 0.01489), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).