Classification / Names
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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); thavonei: Named after Mr. Thavone Phommavong, in appreciation for his help and companionship during several, and sometimes difficult fish surveys in Laos. A noun in genitive.
Eponymy: Thavone Phommavong works at LARReC (Living Aquatic Resources Research Center) and is responsible for database management and information dissemination of LARReC’s technical and research publications, under the Data and Information Unit. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical
Asia: Nam Ma, Mekong drainage in Laos.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 117218)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 12; Radios blandos anales: 8.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found in stretches of streams with riffles (in the sheltered parts with somewhat quieter current), over gravel to stone bottom. The stomach contents of a 4.24 cm SL fish consist of insect larvae (Ref. 117218).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Kottelat, M., 2017. Schistura thavonei, a new species of loach from northwestern Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65:395-403. (Ref. 117218)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00310 - 0.01545), b=3.02 (2.85 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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