Schistura nomi

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

Schistura nomi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . This species is found in streams which have a moderate to fast current, in riffles, where the bed consists of gravel to stone in the Kong River in Laos. [1] The specific name honours a Mr Nom who was the describer, Maurice Kottelat's, driver in Laos. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura nomi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T181170A1706014. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181170A1706014.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura nomi". 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 21 January 2018.


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