Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Mesonoemacheilus
Species: M. triangularis
Binomial name
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
(F. Day, 1865)
Synonyms

Nemacheilus periyarensis Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005
Nemacheilus triangularis F. Day, 1865
Nemacheilus triangularis tambaraparniensis Menon, 1987

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis[2] or Nemacheilus periyarensis[1][3] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, India. It is a fairly common species occurring in streams with gravel, cobbles and bedrock with some sand as the substrate.[1] This fish grows to a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL and can be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abraham, R. (2013). "Nemacheilus triangularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 July 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Nemacheilus triangularis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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