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Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
Etymology: Ambastaia: Named for Ambastai (or Ambastus in Latin), a river in Ptolemy’s (ca. 90-168) (identified as the Mekong).
Eponymy: Aree Sidthimunk (d: 2012) was a researcher at Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Thailand. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19. Tropical; 26°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong basins (Ref. 43281) and Maeklong basin (Ref. 58784).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12693)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Body with black dorsal stripe; 7-8 branched dorsal rays; a black midlateral stripe, dispersed as a series of joined blotches posteriorly and connected by bars to dorsal stripe (Ref. 12693).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs in medium to large-sized rivers and flooded fields (Ref. 12975). Found in small muddy lakes and other standing water habitats. Active by day and often schools in some distance above the bottom (Ref. 12693). Feeds on aquatic invertebrates (Ref. 12693). Not fished commercially, but highly regarded as aquarium fish (Ref. 12693).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menacé (EN) (B2ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 17 February 2011
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00250 - 0.01388), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.9 ±0.33 se; based on food items.
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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