Indoreonectes keralensis

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Indoreonectes keralensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Indoreonectes
Species:
I. keralensis
Binomial name
Indoreonectes keralensis
(Rita & Nalbant, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Oreonectes keralensisRita, Banarescu & Nalbant, 1978
  • Noemacheilus keralensis(Rita, Banarescu & Nalbant, 1978)
  • Nemacheilus keralensis(Rita, Banarescu & Nalbant, 1978)

Indoreonectes keralensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Indoreonectes . [1] This small stone loach is endemic to streams in the Western Ghats of India. [2]

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References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemacheilus keralensis". FishBase .