Schistura athos

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Schistura athos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. athos
Binomial name
Schistura athos
Kottelat, 2000 [2]

Schistura athos is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura , its specific name athos is from, Athos, one of the Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, [2] as do that of two other Schistura species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, S. aramis and S.porthos . [3] It has only been recorded from the Nam Ou basin in Laos, as well as from a stretch of the Nam Noua, a tributary of the Nam Ou, in Vietnam. S. athos has been collected from rapids and stretches of the main river with stone substrates. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura athos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T181226A1711055. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181226A1711055.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura athos". FishBase .
  3. ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.


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