Psilorhynchus breviminor

Psilorhynchus breviminor is a freshwater ray-finned fish, a torrent minnow, in the genus Psilorhynchus. It is only known from the Ma Gawe River, close to the Kalaw-Thazi highway, near the state border between Mandalay and Shan near the village of Nampantet in Myanmar.[1] It was collected from algal mats, where it seemed to be either resting or feedingin a cool, fast-flowing stream which had a bed made up of sand and gravel and a depth of 30 cm.[2]

Psilorhynchus breviminor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Psilorhynchidae
Genus: Psilorhynchus
Species:
P. breviminor
Binomial name
Psilorhynchus breviminor
Conway & Mayden, 2008[2]

References

  1. Singh, L. (2010). "Psilorhynchus breviminor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168510A6505450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168510A6505450.en. Downloaded on 27 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Psilorhynchus breviminor" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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