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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); mizoramensis: Named after the state, Mizoram, northeastern India, where the species was collected.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Tuirivang River, a tributary of Tuirial River, Mizoram, India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98821)
Short description
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 35. Schistura mizoramensis is distinguished from its congeners from Ganges-Brahmaputra basin and its adjacent basin by the following characters: a unique color pattern consisting of a prominent dark brown longitudinal stripe along midlateral line from upper edge of gill opening to middle of caudal-fin base; a dark brown stripe on the dorsal midline from dorsal-fin origin to dorsal part of caudal-fin base; a network of bars which reduce the light yellowish ground color to isolated spots on the flanks and predorsal region of dorsum; 3-4 postdorsal bars posterior to anal-fin origin extending beyond lateral line and coalesce ventrally (Ref. 98821).
Inhabits slow flowing water with a substrate of sand, gravel and rocks. Occurs in association with Glyptothorax maceriatus, Garra cf. annandalei and Schistura cf. fasciata (Ref. 98821).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lalramliana, S. Lalronunga, Vanramliana and H. Lalthanzara, 2014. Schistura mizoramensis, a new species of loach from Mizoram, northeastern India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(3):205-212. (Ref. 98821)
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=0.00692 (0.00310 - 0.01545), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±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).