Schistura maejotigrina
Schistura maejotigrina is a species of stone loach, a freshwater fish, from northern Thailand.
| Schistura maejotigrina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Schistura |
| Species: | S. maejotigrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Schistura maejotigrina Suvarnaraksha, 2012 | |
The species was first described in 2012. From the Ping River drainage in the northern Chao Phraya River basin, fish of about 5 cm length were found in a stream near a waterfall and terraced rice fields.[1] The specimens were collected in fast flowing, clear water over a substrate of sand and gravel.[2]
References
- "Schistura maejotigrina Suvarnaraksha, 2012". FishBase. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- Apinun Suvarnaraksha (2012). "Schistura maejotigrina, a new stream loach (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3586: 131–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3586.1.12.
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