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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: Schistura: Greek, schizein = to divide + Greek, oura = tail; an allusion to forked caudal fins (Ref. 45335); aramis: Named for Aramis, one of the characters of Alexandre Dumas' 'Les trois mousquetaires'.
Eponymy: Aramis is a fictional character, one of The Three Musketeers – see various novels by Alexandre Dumas. Two other loach species were named athos and porthos (q.v.). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: known from a single stream near Muang Mai in the Nam Nua basin, a tributary of the Nam Ou, flowing from Viet Nam to Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43281)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; lower lip with a median incision; no median notch in upper lip; lower jaw with a median notch; belly entirely scaled, except between pectoral fins; lateral line complete; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; body depth 15.8-16.5 %SL; caudal peduncle with low dorsal and ventral adipose keels, length 17.1-18.5 %SL, depth 12.3-13.6 %SL, 1.35-1.39 times in length; body with 8-11 bars, narrower than interspaces, not reaching ventral midline, usually ending shortly before meeting their homologues of other body side on the back, leaving a pale predorsal area; black bar at caudal-fin base incomplete, not reaching dorsal and ventral midlines; dorsal-fin base with a black spot anteriorly, followed by an orange patch and a low elongate grey blotch (Ref. 36949).
Inhabits small forest creek.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2000. Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5(1):37-82. (Ref. 36949)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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].
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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±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).
