Classification / Names
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Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: jalpalli: Derived from the Sanskrit words 'jal' meaning water and 'palli' meaning small lizard. 'Jalpalli' (literally means water lizard) refers to the lizard like appearance of the fish, and its habit of clinging to the rocks in fast flowing streams. A noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Γλυκού νερού βενθικό(ς). Tropical
Asia: Kunthipuzha, tributary of Bharatapuzha River inside Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 93254)
Short description
Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 11; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 8.
Occurs in high altitude stream (3-4 m width and 30-50 cm depth) with riffle-pool habitat. Sympatric with Bhavania australis, Homaloptera pillaii, Mesonoemacheilus remadevii and Garra menoni (Ref. 93254).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Raghavan, R., J. Tharian, A. Ali, S. Jadhav and N. Dahanukar, 2013. Balitora jalpalli , a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Silent Valley, southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(5):3921-3934. (Ref. 93254)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Αναφ.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00357 - 0.03531), b=3.10 (2.85 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Αναφ.
69278): 2.5 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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