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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Paracobitis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Augusto Vigna Taglianti (d: 1943) is an entomologist at the Department of Biology, La Sapienza University of Rome, which he joined as an assistant (1971) and where he taught (1972–1982) vertebrate zoology and entomology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Nalbant & Bianco.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: Sistan basin in Iran.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116944)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 5. Without scales and with deeply forked caudal fin. Adipose keel above the caudal peduncle well developed. Anal opening located distinctly anterior to the anterior anal fin origin (Ref. 31729); slit-shaped posterior nare opening (vs. ovoid or roundish in all epigean species of Paracobitis in the Middle East except P. longicauda and P. rhadinaea) (Ref. 97574).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38. (Ref. 97574)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00448 - 0.01544), b=3.01 (2.85 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.7 ±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).
