Schistura devdevi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. devdevi
Binomial name
Schistura devdevi
(Hora, 1935)[2]
Synonyms

Nemacheilus devdevi Hora, 1935

Schistura devdevi is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura.[3] It is found in clear, swift streams with pebble beds in upland areas of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in Nepal. It sometimes appears in the aquarium trade.[1] The specific name honours Dr Dev Dev Mukerji of the Zoological Survey of India.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura devdevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166496A6221468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166496A6221468.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Schistura devdevi" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: An inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. No. 26: 1–199.
  4. ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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