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Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: Sinogastromyzon: Latin, sino, sina = from China + Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, myzo = to suckle (Ref. 45335); macrostoma: Name is derived from the Greek macro, (long or big) and stoma (mouth), in referece to the relative larger mouth when compared with its congeners.
More on authors: Liu, Chen & Yang.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Amojiang River, Sinanjiang River and main channel of Lixianjiang River in Yunnan, China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82787)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 7. Dorsal fin with III,8 rays, without spine; anal fin with II,5 rays; pectoral fin XII-XIV, 12-15 rays; pelvic fin VII-IX, 11-13 rays (Ref. 82787).
Usually coexists with Sinogastromyzon macrostoma (Ref. 82787).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Liu, S.-W., X.-Y. Chen and J.-X. Yang, 2010. Two new species and a new record of the genus Sinogastromyzon (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Yunnan, China. Environ. Biol. Fishes 87(1):25-37. (Ref. 82787)
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=0.00708 (0.00314 - 0.01595), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
