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Formosania paucisquama (Zheng, 1981)

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Common names: 少鱗纓口鰍, 少鳞缨口鳅
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known only from Guangdong Province in the drainages and river mouths of Han Jiang, Rong Jiang and Lian Jiang. Known from Puning county Danan mountain stream of Lianjiang River system in Guangdong Province(Ref.33299).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zheng, C.-Y., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Guangdongi formosaania, 少鳞缨口鳅, Balitora guangdongská, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Gastromyzontidae (Hillstream loaches)
Etymology:

Issue
The genus Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 is the junior homonym of Crossostoma Morris & Lycett, 1851. It is recommended that Formosania Oshima, 1919 replaces the fish genus Crossostoma (Ref. 56696).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Subtropical

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Asia: endemic to Guangdong Province, China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33299)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Novák, J., L. Hanel and O. Rícan, 2006. Formosania: a replacement name for Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878 (Teleostei), a junior homonym of Crossostoma Morris & Lycett, 1851 (Gastropoda). Cybium 30(1):92. (Ref. 56696)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.7   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).