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Diagnostic Description

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Diagnosis: differs from congeners, with the exception of the much vertically-compressed T. depressum, by possessing more body scales with openings for the laterosensory system (49-58)(Ref. 52307).Description: body slender, rounded and very elongated; swim bladder reduced; scales very small; a single lateral line (Ref. 52307).
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Tobias Musschoot
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Life Cycle

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Produces 10-30 eggs.
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Tom Froese
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Biology

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Rheophilic; pair-bonding, cave spawner (Ref. 52307). Maximum TL was recorded at 11.0 cm (Ref. 5703).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Importance

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fisheries:
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