Yunnanilus cruciatus

Yunnanilus cruciatus is a species of stone loach endemic to Vietnam. This species grows to a length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[2] It is sometimes placed in the putative monotypic genus Micronemacheilus but this genus is currently preoccupied by Micronemacheilus zispi, although this species is regarded by some authorities as a junior synonym of Traccatichthys taeniatus.[3] Y. cruciatus occurs in the relatively still and shallow stretches of rivers where there is dense aquatic vegetation and the substrate is muddy and sandy. The species seems to be quite commonly found in the aquarium trade.[1]

Yunnanilus cruciatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Yunnanilus
Species:
Y. cruciatus
Binomial name
Yunnanilus cruciatus
(Rendahl (de), 1944)
Synonyms

Micronemacheilus cruciatus (Rendahl, 1944)
Nemacheilus cruciatus Rendahl, 1944

Footnotes

  1. Allen, D.J. (2014). "Yunnanilus cruciatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T188008A1844769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T188008A1844769.en. Downloaded on 29 December 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Yunnanilus cruciatus" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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