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Barbuccidae (Fire-eyed loaches)
Etymology: Barbucca: Latin barba,-ae = beard + Latin, bucca = mouth (Ref. 45335); elongata: The Latin name 'elongata' , meaning elongated, refers to a special body shape, which is different from the body shape of the type species of the genus Barbucca, B. diabolica..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Cua Can River system, Vietnam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93745)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: snout conical; upper and lower jaws covered by horny sheath and with sharp edges; absence of processus dentiformis on upper jaw; absence of notch on lower jaw; upper lip ended by labial barbels; lower lip widely interrupted in middle, with lateral rounded pads on each side and unpaired pad (with oval posterior part) between them; both lips smooth; lateral line complete or almost complete, with 50-67 pores; absence of axillary lobe at pelvic fin base; and body with 11-12 black transversal stripes, most often, joined into six large blocs with light areas between them along middle line of dorsum or flank. Possesses 61-64 scales in specimens with complete lateral line and 50-67 perforated scales in specimens with incomplete lateral line (Ref. 93745).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Vasil'eva, E.D. and V.P. Vasil'ev, 2013. Two new species of Cyprinoid fishes from the fauna of Phu Quoc Island, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam. J. Ichthyol. 53(5):317-325. (Ref. 93745)
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 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).