Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 13.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236)
Adults inhabit large streams and rivers (Ref. 41236). Also found in tanks, canals, ponds, beels and inundated fields (Ref. 4832, 94287). Primarily feed on plankton and detritus, but may also take in mud, vegetables, crustaceans and insect larvae (Ref. 4832, 94287).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. (Ref. 41236)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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