Sinogastromyzon minutus

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Sinogastromyzon minutus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Sinogastromyzon
Species:
S. minutus
Binomial name
Sinogastromyzon minutus
Đ. Y. Mai, 1978

Sinogastromyzon minutus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sinogastromyzon . It is endemic to the Red River drainage in northwestern Vietnam. [1] [2] It lives in creeks and small rivers. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Sinogastromyzon minutus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2012: e.T187977A1841324. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187977A1841324.en . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Sinogastromyzon minutus" in FishBase . November 2014 version.