Mesonoemacheilus herrei

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Mesonoemacheilus herrei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Mesonoemacheilus
Species:
M. herrei
Binomial name
Mesonoemacheilus herrei

Mesonoemacheilus herrei [2] is a critically endangered fish described by Teodor T. Nalbant and Banarescu in 1982. [3] [4] It is endemic to India and is currently only recorded within the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in Tamil Nadu. [1]

Named in honor of Albert W. Herre (1868-1962), ichthyologist-lichenologist, who collected the type specimen in 1941. [5]


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References

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