Petruichthys brevis

Petruichthys brevis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Petruichthys
Species:	P. brevis
Binomial name
Petruichthys brevis (Boulenger, 1893) [2]
Synonyms [2]
Nemachilus brevisBoulenger, 1893 Yunnanilus brevis(Boulenger, 1893)

Petruichthys brevis, common name Inle loach, ^[3] is one of two species of ray-finned fish in the genus Petruichthys , although some authorities place it in the genus Yunnanilus . ^[4] It is only found in Inle Lake and the adjacent He-Ho Plain in the Southern Shan States in Myanmar. It is a demersal fish which occurs in still and slow running waters as well as in a shallow lake, with dense submerged and floating vegetation. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F.; Tan, H.H. (2009). "Yunnanilus brevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T169518A6641462. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169518A6641462.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Petruichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 December 2024.
3. "Petruichthys brevis (BOULENGER, 1893) Inle Loach". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
4. Kottelat, M. (2012). "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. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Yunnanilus brevis". FishBase . October 2017 version.