Schistura sombooni

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Schistura sombooni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. sombooni
Binomial name
Schistura sombooni
Kottelat, 1998 [2]

Schistura sombooni is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . It is found only in the Mekong drainage system in Laos where it occurs in stretches of streams with a relatively slow current and a gravel or sandy stream bed. [1] The specific name honours Somboon Phetphommasouk a liaison engineer with the Nam Theun 2 Electricity Consortium of Vientiane who rendered assistance and help in the field to the describer of this species, Maurice Kottelat. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura sombooni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T187885A1831730. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187885A1831730.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura sombooni". 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.