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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Eponymy: Eidi Heidari, Lorestan Bureau of Environment, Iran, is the ranger who protects the spring in which species of this genus are found. Anthony Smith (1926–2014) was a writer, explorer, sailor, balloonist and television personality (he presented the BBC TV programme ‘Tomorrow’s World’). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Greenwood.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 35°N - 30°N
Asia: natural well at Kaaje-Ru, near Baq-e-Loveh Oasis in Iranian Zagros Mountains.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116944)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Differs from all other congeners by its whitish or pink body without color pattern (vs. marbled or mottled color pattern) and absence of eyes (vs. presence) (Ref. 97574).
A cave fish living in an underground pool at high altitude (Ref. 27297).
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
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00387 - 0.01238), b=2.98 (2.83 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).