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Schistura melarancia

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Species of fish

Schistura melarancia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species: S. melarancia
Binomial name
Schistura melarancia
Kottelat, 2000

Schistura melarancia is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the Mekong drainage in Laos and Vietnam. The specific name melarancia is derived from an old Italian word for an orange and refers to the orange-brown colour of the fins and body of this species.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura melarancia". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Schistura melarancia


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