Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Absence of scalelike scutes on belly; bases of outer barbels usually behind bases of inner barbels (Ref. 86798).
Migration
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Inhabit large, deep, turbid river channels, usually in strong current over firm sand or gravel (Ref. 10294, 58490). Feed on aquatic insect immatures, particularly caddisfly larvae, and small fish (Ref. 10294).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Adults inhabit large, deep, turbid river channels, usually in strong current over firm sand or gravel (Ref. 10294, 58490). They feed on aquatic insect immatures, particularly caddisfly larvae, and small fish (Ref. 10294). Threatened due to over harvesting and habitat loss (Ref. 58490). No length type given but assumed to be in TL.
