Schistura rikiki

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

Schistura rikiki is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . It occurs in the Se Kong basin in southern Laos where it can be found in riffles over substrates of gravel and stones. [1] The specific name rikiki is French slang for small or pint-sized, a reference to its small size. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura rikiki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T181036A1691380. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181036A1691380.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura rikiki". 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 2017.