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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: taretensis: Named after the Taret River, its type locality; an adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 132199). Tropical
Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132199)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set characters: dorsal fin with 9½ or 10½ branched rays; caudal fin with 9+8 or 8+8 or 8+7 branched rays; lateral line is complete; with axillary pelvic lobe; processus dentiformis is poorly developed; male with suborbital flap; body depth 12.8-16.0 % SL. Colouration: body with 12-13 irregular dark-brown blotches or bars on flank, alternately arranged with 11-16 dark brown saddles of varying shape and size on the back; dorsum of head with a distinct rhomboid dark brown mark encircling a pale oval area on the nape; basicaudal bar black, with its dorsal extremity presenting as a small, slightly oblique blotch, its ventral extremity presenting as a vertically elongated blotch, more or less connected by an indistinct black region between the two (Ref. 132199).
Cross section: oval.
This species occurs in cool, clear, swift-flowing freshwater streams over a substrate of gravel, cobble and boulders covered in lush green algal growth. It was collected from shallow clearwater regions of depth ~0.5-0.8 m. Associated species were Neolissochilus paucisqamatus,
Opsarius dogarsinghi, O. ngawa, Botia histrionica, Schistura rubrimaculata, Glyptothorax trilineatus, and Batasio affinis. The two dissected females (3.88-4.18 cm SL) have unripe ovaries and the stomachs in both contain unidentifiable vegetable matter (Ref. 132199).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chinglemba, Y., Y. Rameshori and W. Vishwanath, 2021. A new species of stone loach of the genus Mustura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin River drainage, Manipur, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5081(4):551-565. (Ref. 132199)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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