Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 19°S - 20°S
Oceania: Endemic to Queensland, Australia; known from the upper Burdekin River system.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 44894); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.0 kg (Ref. 2906)
Adults inhabit clear, fast-flowing streams, frequently in rapids or pools below them (Ref. 5259, 44894). Benthic feeder: various shrimps, earthworm, algae. Maturity: F, 17 cm SL; M, 23 cm SL. Spawning: mid October to early November after rainy periods; temp. Of 24°C. Fecundity: 115,000 eggs per female. Eggs: pelagic, 4.2-4.3 mm diameter. Hatching: 36 hours (Ref. 2906, 44894). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205). Aquarium conditions: pH=7, H=8, 25°C, rock and plant cover (Ref. 6398).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00598 - 0.02775), b=3.05 (2.86 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).