Schistura nagaensis

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Schistura nagaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. nagaensis
Binomial name
Schistura nagaensis
(Menon, 1987) [2]
Synonyms
  • Noemacheilus nagaensisMenon, 1987
  • Nemacheilus nagaensis(Menon, 1987)

Schistura nagaensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . It is a benthic species which is found in hill streams with a fast currents over a gravel substrate. It occurs in the Tizu River in the Chindwin basin of Manipur and Nagaland, it may also occur in the Tizu River in Myanmar. Slash and burn cultivation within the drainage of the Tizu has contributed to a decline in quality of hill stream habitats and resultant threats to fish populations which are also threatened by destructive fishing techniques including the use of explosives and poisons. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura nagaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T168596A6522041. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168596A6522041.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Schistura nagaensis" in FishBase. October 2017 version.