Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus

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Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Micronemacheilus
Species:
M. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus
Synonyms [3]
  • Yunnanilus pulcherrimusJ. X. Yang, X. Y. Chen & J. H. Lan, 2004

Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Micronemacheilus . It is found in the Hongshuihe River, part of the Xijiang River basin in China, [2] with the type locality in Du'an County, Guangxi. [4] The specific name pulcherrimus means most beautiful and is a reference to the "unique" banded color pattern ofthin vertical stripes crossing a wide lateral band, when compared to related species. [5]

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References

  1. Cao, L.; Du, L.-N. & Shao, W. (2024). "Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T212910648A212910650. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Yunnanilus pulcherrimus". FishBase . October 2017 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Micronemacheilus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  5. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.