Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: Colouration: body greyish to pale beige with 14-23 dark-greyish black to dark brown irregular bars; pre-dorsal bars are thin, numerous, wider than interspaces, weakly contrasted, uniting dorsally at lateral one-third or midway on flank to form thicker bars, coalescing further at lateral one-fifth and continuous on dorsum with contralateral bars; bars below the dorsal fin having similar condition but slightly wider than pre-dorsal bars; post-dorsal bars are thicker than anterior bars, wider than interspaces, sharply contrasted, and rarely coalescing on flank; caudal mid-line with a short bar along it, rarely forming a blotch (Ref. 123900).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Choudhury, H., R. Das, R.C. Bharali, K. Sarma, L.K. Tyagi, K.K. Lal and D. Sarma, 2021. Description of a new species of Mustura Kottelat (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Brahmaputra drainage, India. J. Fish Biol. 99(2):450-461. (Ref. 123900)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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