Schistura menanensis

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Schistura menanensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. menanensis
Binomial name
Schistura menanensis
(H. M. Smith, 1945) [2]
Synonyms

Noemacheilus menanensisSmith, 1945

Schistura menanensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach in the genus Schistura . It has only been recorded in the Mae Nam Nan drainage, a branch of the Chao Phraya in Thailand where it has been observed in streams with moderate to fast currents, in riffles, with gravel to stone beds. [1] The specific name menanensis refers to the type locality of this species on the Mae Nam Nam. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura menanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T180944A1680644. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180944A1680644.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura menanensis". FishBase . October 2017 version.
  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 20 January 2018.


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