Psilorhynchus hamiltoni

Psilorhynchus hamiltoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Psilorhynchidae
Genus:	Psilorhynchus
Species:	P. hamiltoni
Binomial name
	Psilorhynchus hamiltoni; Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013

Psilorhynchus hamiltoni is a freshwater ray-finned fish, from the Tista River in West Bengal, India.[1] This species reaches a length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton.[3]

References

Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 3686 (2): 201–243.
"Psilorhynchus hamiltoni".
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families RITIDAE, AILIIDAE, HORABAGRIDAE and BAGRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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[Conway2013-1] Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 3686 (2): 201–243.

[2] "Psilorhynchus hamiltoni".

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families RITIDAE, AILIIDAE, HORABAGRIDAE and BAGRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.