Homatula gelao

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Homatula gelao Xiao, 2025

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Homatula: Greek, homos, homoios = similar + Greek, atylos, atylotos = without callosities; gelao: Name 'gelao' from Gelao (in Chinese spelling) ethnic group residing in Guizhou Province (Ref. 133037).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Temperate

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Asia: China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133037)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 45 - 47. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: slender body with a uniform depth (9.2%-14.4% of SL), a complete lateral line, and a scarcely scaled or scaleless predorsal body; broadly rounded caudal fin; presence of body coloration of 17-18 brown vertical bars narrower than interspaces, particularly on the caudal peduncle flank; a thick brown-black stripe running along dorsal midline from behind head to dorsal fin origin; symmetrical black vertical bars on sides of body; longer distance from the origin of the anal fin to the origin of the pelvic fin than the distance from the origin of the anal fin to the base of the caudal fin (Ref. 133037).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Xiao, G.-B., Q.-W. Guo, L. Cao, J. Lin, W.-X. Deng, Q.-Q. Xiao, L. Zhou and H.R.- Fang, D.-Z. Zhang, 2025. Homatula gelao (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new nemacheiline species of loach from the upper Yangtze River basin in Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(1):257-271. (Ref. 133037)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.7   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈