Ellopostoma mystax
| Ellopostoma mystax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Ellopostomatidae |
| Genus: | Ellopostoma |
| Species: | E. mystax |
| Binomial name | |
| Ellopostoma mystax Tan & Lim, 2002 | |
Ellopostoma mystax, the enigmatic loach,[2] is a small, endangered species of freshwater fish originally placed in the family Balitoridae,[3] but now generally in Ellopostomatidae.[4]
E. mystax is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi River and the Pattani River.[5]
References
- ↑ Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Ellopostoma mystax". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180894A7654231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180894A7654231.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2017.
- ↑ "Ellopostoma mystax - Tan & Lim, 2002 - Enigmatic loach". FishBase. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ Chen, W.-J.; Lheknim, V.; Mayden, R. L. (December 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach resolved with six nuclear genes". Journal of Fish Biology. 75 (9): 2197–2208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02398.x.
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ↑ Vidthayanon, Chavalit (2005). Thailand red data : Fishes (PDF). Bangkok: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. ISBN 974-9929-87-X.
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