Exostoma berdmorei

Exostoma berdmorei is a species of sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]

Exostoma berdmorei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Exostoma
Species:
E. berdmorei
Binomial name
Exostoma berdmorei
Blyth, 1860

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the late Major Hugh Thomas Berdmore (1811–1859) of the Madras Artillery, who provided the type specimen.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Exostoma berdmorei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  • Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.


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