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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Physoschistura: Greek, physa = bellows + Greek, schizein = divided + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); tigrinum: Named for the tiger-like bars on the body..
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Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Changa River, Chindwin drainage in Manipur, India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93078)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 13;
Anal
soft rays: 9. Diagnosed from other species of Physoschistura in having the following combination of characters: side of body with 12-14 irregular light reddish brown bars (few become broken and forming blotches); back with 5-6 reddish brown irregular saddles; lateral line complete with 90-94 pores; caudal fin with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic-fin lobe present but not prominent; male with suborbital flap; preoperculomandibular canal with 10 pores (Ref. 93078).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lokeshwor, Y. and W. Vishwanath, 2012. A new loach of the genus Physoschistura Bănărescu & Nalbant (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin basin, Manipur, India. Zootaxa 3586:95-102. (Ref. 93078)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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