Balitora ludongensis, Ludong hillstream loach

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Balitora ludongensis Liu & Chen, 2012

Ludong hillstream loach
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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: ludongensis: Named for its type locality, Ludong Town, Jingxi County, Guangxi, China.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce demersale. Tropical; 24°N - 23°N, 106°E - 107°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Asia: China (Guangxi).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 87910)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Differs from all its congeners by the following characters: pectoral fin with vi-vii, 11-12 rays; pelvic fin with ii, 6-7 rays; preoral groove relatively shallow, upper lip without or with 3-5 fold-like papillae in a row on its middle surface and gradually smooth to the corner of mouth; two maxillary barbels at each corner of mouth, the outer one slightly longer than the inner one, 149.0-190.9% of eye diameter; eyes small, eye diameter 14.2-18.1% of head length; Dorsal-fin origin slightly anterior to pelvic-fin origin; Caudal-peduncle depth 39.1-55.0% of its length; upper lobe of caudal fin longer than the lower one; lateral-line scales 69-74; with 6-9 black blotches on the dorsal side of body (Ref. 87910).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: flattened.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Collected from hillstreams with swift current over bottom of gravel. Individuals swim slowly and usually inhabit the bottom of water. Associated species collected were cyprinids, Carassius auratus auratus, Cyprinus carpio, Pseudorasbora parva Yunnanilus jinxiensis; eleotrid Micropercops compressocephalus; and silurids Silurus asotus, Silurus cochinchinensis (Ref. 87910).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Liu, S.-W., Y. Zhu, R.-F. Wei and X.-Y. Chen, 2012. A new species of the genus Balitora (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Environ. Biol. Fishes 93:369-375. (Ref. 87910)

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

  Near Threatened (NT) (B1ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 11 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00214 (0.00086 - 0.00532), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  2.5   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈