Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Body elongate and compressed; snout broad and spatulate. Barbels extend posteriorly to pelvic fins or beyond to anal fin. Dorsal spine weakly serrated on its posterior edge; adipose fin base short, about as long as the rayed dorsal fin base. Color is brownish-gray on back, silvery on flanks and belly. A dark well-defined spot is on the adipose dorsal fin.
Migration
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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.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Found in rivers, canals, beels, ditches, inundated fields and other freshwater areas.
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Found in rivers, canals, beels, ditches, inundated fields and other freshwater areas. Adults fight well and provide good sport. Carnivore. Breeding occurs before the commencement of monsoons. Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same genus (Ref. 205).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: likely future use; gamefish: yes
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
