Schistura sexcauda

Schistura sexcauda is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the basin of the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand where it has been recorded in streams with a moderate to fast current and in riffles, over substrates consisting of gravel to stone.[1] It is known to be raised in local subsistence fisheries and traded both nationally and internationally as an ornamental fish. [3]

Schistura sexcauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. sexcauda
Binomial name
Schistura sexcauda
(Fowler, 1937)[2]
Synonyms

Noemacheilus fowlerianus Smith, 1945
Nemacheilus sexcauda Fowler, 1937
Schistura fowleriana (Smith, 1945)

Some authorities regard Schistura fowleriana as a synonym of this species.[4]

Etymology

The genus name Schistura refers to the fish's forked caudal fins, coming from the Greek schizein and oura meaning respectively "to divide" and "tail".[5] The species name sexcauda comes from Latin sex and cauda meaning "six" and "tail", referring to the six bar markings behind its dorsal fin.[6]

References
  1. Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura sexcauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188027A1846681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188027A1846681.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Schistura sexcauda" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Use and Trade "IUCN Red List Assessment". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  5. Romero, P. (2002). An etymological dictionary of taxonomy. Madrid.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Kottelat, M. (1990). A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. p. 262.


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