Tanichthys micagemmae

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Tanichthys micagemmae Freyhof & Herder, 2001

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Tanichthyidae (Mountain minnows)
Etymology: Tanichthys: Named for Mr Tan Kam Fei, the famous Scout of Kwangtung; for his interest in ichthyology and encouraging the young scouts toward the study of nature.;  micagemmae: Names with reference to its sparkling colour pattern and small size, from the Latin verb micare (sparkle) and the Latin substantive gemma (gem). Noun in apposition..
More on authors: Freyhof & Herder.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 18°C - 27°C (Ref. 89920)

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Asia: River Ben Hai, Viet Nam.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41279)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 11. Head and body below lateral midline whitish with many small dark grey spots (versus dark reddish brown); one black and white whitish longitudinal stripe of about same width (width of black stripe 0.9-1.8 times width of whitish stripe versus 0.3-0.6); distance from dorsal-fin origin to upper margin of whitish stripe about equal to distance from anal-fin origin to lower margin of black stripe (upper distance 0.9-1.2 times lower distance versus 1.8-2.7).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a wide, shallow stream with fast current and sandy bottom (Ref. 41279).

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Freyhof, J. and F. Herder, 2001. Tanichthys micagemmae, a new miniature cyprinid fish from Central Vietnam (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 12(3):215-220. (Ref. 41279)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 August 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).