Schistura maejotigrina

Schistura maejotigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Schistura
Species: S. maejotigrina
Binomial name
Schistura maejotigrina
Suvarnaraksha, 2012

Schistura maejotigrina is a species of stone loach, a freshwater fish, from northern Thailand.

The species was first described in 2012. From the Ping River drainage in the northern Chao Phraya River basin, fish of about 5 cm length were found in a stream near a waterfall and terraced rice fields.[1] The specimens were collected in fast flowing, clear water over a substrate of sand and gravel.[2]

References

  1. "Schistura maejotigrina Suvarnaraksha, 2012". FishBase. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. Apinun Suvarnaraksha (2012). "Schistura maejotigrina, a new stream loach (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3586: 131–137.
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