Schistura prashadi

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Schistura prashadi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. prashadi
Binomial name
Schistura prashadi
Hora, 1921 [2]
Synonyms

Physoschistura prashadi(Hora, 1921)

Schistura prashadi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . Some authorities place it in the genus Physoschistura [3] It is known from just three localities in the Chindwin River drainage in Manipur, India. It is a benthic species of hill streams, preferring well oxygenated, clear, flowing water. [1] The specific name honours Baini Prashad (1894-1969) who was an Assistant Superintendent at the Zoological Survey of India, who gave "every possible encouragement” to the describer of this species, Sunder Lal Hora. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Singh, L. (2010). "Schistura prashadi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T166472A6216545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166472A6216545.en. Downloaded on 7 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura prashadi" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  4. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.