Schistura rikiki

Schistura rikiki is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It occurs in the Se Kong basin in southern Laos where it can be found in riffles over substrates of gravel and stones.[1] The specific name rikiki is French slang for small or pint-sized, a reference to its small size.[3]

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

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura rikiki". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181036A1691380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181036A1691380.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura rikiki" in 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. Retrieved 21 January 2017.


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