Psilorhynchus magnaoculus

Psilorhynchus magnaoculus Shangningam & Kosygin, 2021

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Psilorhynchidae (Mountain carps)
Etymology: Psilorhynchus: Greek, psilos = hairless + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); magnaoculus: Named after the large eye (Latin ‘magnaoculus’); noun in apposition.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Myanmar.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125431)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 6. This species of the Psilorhynchus balitora species group (sensu Conway, 2011) is distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: a squarish snout larger than eye, contributing 42.6-43.6% of head length, almost equal to the length of snout; a notch on the ethmoid region; caudal fin with two bars (Ref. 125431).
Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Shangningam, B. and L. Kosygim, 2021. Psilorhynchus magnaoculus, a new species of torrent minnow (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Myanmar. Rec. zool. Surv. India: 121(3):319-324. (Ref. 125431)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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