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Malihkaia aligera Kottelat, 2017

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Malihkaia: Named for its type locality, Mali Hka River.;  aligera: Named from Latin adjective aliger (aligera, aligerum), meaning winged..

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Mali Hka River near Putao, Myanmar.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116725)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 8. Malihkaia is diagnosed from all genera of nemacheilids by the unique morphology of the lips and the unique pectoral fin sexual dimorphism. Lips are characterized by the following traits: : thick, consting of numerous, closely set, deep furrows; upper lip with a small median notch, transverse furrows on its whole length, edge crenulated; lower lip with a median interruption, transverse furrows on its whole length, edge crenulated. Pectoral fin is strongly falcate in males, greatly elongated as a ‘wing’, rigid and curled, with the first branched ray the longest, and with all branches and sub-branches adjacent and absence of membranes between them. Other diagnostic characters include the following: presence of processus dentiformis; presence of suborbital flap present in males; dorsal fin with 8½ branched rays; caudal fin with 9+8 branched rays; presence of axillary pelvic lobe; anus situated about 1.5-2 eye diameter in front of anal fin; body entirely scaled; lateral line complete; air bladder without posterior chamber; body with 9-12 bars extending from dorsal midline to level of pectoral fin, bars of quite regular width and shape in front of dorsal fin, less regular posteriorly, much wider than interspaces; and black mark at caudal-fin base made of a more or less squarish blotch in middle of base, a more or less triangular blotch over dorsal procurrent rays, fainter pigments over base of uppermost and lowermost 4-6 principal rays of caudal fin (Ref. 116725).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in fast riffles over gravel and cobble at about 60 cm depth. Syntopic with Bangana sp., Garra sp. (Cyprinidae), Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus (Psilorhynchidae), Homalopteroides rupicola (Balitoridae), Acanthocobitis sp., Schistura malaisei, S. nubigena, S. sikmaiensis (Nemacheilidae), Batasio procerus (Bagridae), Amblyceps murraystuarti (Amblycipitidae), Pseudecheneis brachyurus (Sisoridae) and Mastacembelus armatus (Mastacembelidae). Stomach contents contained insects (Ref. 116725).

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Kottelat, M., 2017. A new genus and three new species of nemacheilid loaches from northern Irrawaddy drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Raffles Bull. Zool. 65:80-99. (Ref. 116725)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00385 - 0.01971), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).