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Schistura sexcauda

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Species of fish

Schistura sexcauda
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species: S. sexcauda
Binomial name
Schistura sexcauda
(Fowler, 1937)
Synonyms

Noemacheilus fowlerianus Smith, 1945
Nemacheilus sexcauda Fowler, 1937
Schistura fowleriana (Smith, 1945)

Schistura sexcauda is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the basin of the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand where it has been recorded in streams with a moderate to fast current and in riffles, over substrates consisting of gravel to stone. It is known to be raised in local subsistence fisheries and traded both nationally and internationally as an ornamental fish.

Some authorities regard Schistura fowleriana as a synonym of this species.

Etymology

The genus name Schistura refers to the fish's forked caudal fins, coming from the Greek schizein and oura meaning respectively "to divide" and "tail". The species name sexcauda comes from Latin sex and cauda meaning "six" and "tail", referring to the six bar markings behind its dorsal fin.

References

  1. ^ Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura sexcauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188027A1846681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188027A1846681.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura sexcauda". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Use and Trade "IUCN Red List Assessment". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  5. Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Kottelat, M. (1990). A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. p. 262.
Taxon identifiers
Schistura sexcauda


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