| Balitora meridionalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Balitora |
| Species: | B. meridionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Balitora meridionalis Kottelat, 1988 | |
Balitora meridionalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Balitora .
Herring are various species of forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae.
Balitoridae, the hillstream loaches or river loaches, is a family, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or "flossensaugers". Many of the species are popular for aquaria, species in the genus Sewellia are most commonly sold in the aquaria trade. They have a number of similarities with the Cobitidae, their sibling family of "loaches", such as multiple barbels around the mouth. They should not be confused with the loricariids, which look similar but are a family of catfish.
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.
Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish. Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active, small, oily fish. They travel in large schools with other fish and swim continuously throughout the day.
The savanna hawk is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina. There are also reports of it in California, from 1973 in Alameda County and from 1974 in San Diego County.
The kampango or kampoyo is a critically endangered species of large and predatory bagrid catfish that is endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in Africa. It prefers areas near rocks in water shallower than 50 m (160 ft), but it also occurs deeper and over a sandy or muddy bottom.
Pseudotropheus crabro, also known as the bumblebee cichlid or hornet cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is found in different habitats but most frequently in large caves or in the vicinity of large boulders. This species can reach a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) SL.
The Mediterranean barbel or southern barbel is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in France and Spain. It is one of the tastiest river fish, prized for its delicate texture and succulent flavor.
Cobitis meridionalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia.
Psilorhynchus balitora or Balitora minnow is a species of torrent minnow found in South Asia. It is found in the drainage basins of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra in eastern Nepal, northeast Bangladesh and adjacent West Bengal and northwest Assam. It can be found in hill streams and in rapids with substrates consisting of pebbles or sand, preferring hard substrates. It is exported as an aquarium fish.
Schizothorax meridionalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax. It occurs in the Longchuan River and Daying River drainages in Yunnan, tributaries of the Irrawaddy River.
Balitora is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Balitoridae endemic to Asia.
Balitora annamitica is a species of hill-stream loach from the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, and possibly Vietnam. It might be more than one species.
Balitora lancangjiangensis is a species of hill-stream loach from the Mekong and Red River basins. Sources differ in distribution, but all list Yunnan (China) and Laos, and at least the International Union for Conservation of Nature also lists Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand.
Gray's stone loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae. It is endemic to India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. It grows to a maximum length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).
The Burmese stone loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Balitora. It occurs in the Irrawaddy, Salween, and Tenasserim basins in Burma, China, and Thailand. Its maximum length is 10 cm (3.9 in) TL.
Slender stone loach is a species of hill-stream loach. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India, and known from Kerala and Karnataka, and possibly from Maharashtra. It inhabits torrential streams and can be found attached to bedrock, cobbles, and boulders.
Balitora kwangsiensis is a species of hillstream loach found in Southeast Asia. It inhabits rapid-flowing rivers and grows to a total length of 12 cm (4.7 in).
Rhodeus meridionalis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Rhodeus. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia, where it is found from the Vardar River to Pinios River.
Gobiobotia meridionalis is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Pearl River basin in China.
