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Diagnostic Description

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Pectoral fin with an osseous spine in males.
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Migration

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Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7
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Biology

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Found in flowing or even clear standing waters.
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Importance

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fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Lepidocephalichthys guntea

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lepidocephalichthys guntea by Aravindmanoj
Guntea loach by AravindManoj

Lepidocephalichthys guntea, the Guntea loach, scavenger loach or peppered loach,[2] is a species of cobitid loach native to southern and southeastern Asia. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It uses its intestines to breathe, which gives it the ability to adapt to live in a variety of stagnant and flowing environments.[3] This fish is found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kottelat, Maurice (December 2012). "Conspectus Cobitidum: An Inventory of the Loaches of the World (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 1–199. Supplement No. 26. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Mark in Vancouver (6 January 2007). "Lepidocephalichthys guntea". Loaches Online Community Edition. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ Roy, Rudra Prasad; Saha, Tilak; Chakraborty, Ranadhir (2018). "Contrasting observation in culturable aerobic and micro-aerophilic heterotrophic fish gut-bacteria: intestine-breathing Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton Buchannan) versus gill-breathing Labeo rohita". Current Science. 115 (3): 548–552. doi:10.18520/cs/v115/i3/548-552. JSTOR 26978243.
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Lepidocephalichthys guntea: Brief Summary

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Lepidocephalichthys guntea, the Guntea loach, scavenger loach or peppered loach, is a species of cobitid loach native to southern and southeastern Asia. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It uses its intestines to breathe, which gives it the ability to adapt to live in a variety of stagnant and flowing environments. This fish is found in the aquarium trade.

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