Schistura aramis

Schistura aramis is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura from the Nam Nua catchment, a tributary of the Nam Ou in Laos, it may also possibly occur in Vietnam.[1] The specific name comes from one of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, Aramis as do that of two other Schistura species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, S. athos and S.porthos.[3]

Schistura aramis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. aramis
Binomial name
Schistura aramis

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura aramis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180817A1666030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180817A1666030.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura aramis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


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