Schistura sexnubes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species: Schistura sexnubes

Name

Schistura sexnubes Endruweit, 2014

Type locality: Mengmenghe River, Xiaoheijiang River subbasin, Mekong basin, Shuangjiang County, Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 23º33.045'N, 99º51.239'E , 1047 m a.s.l.

Holotype: KIZ 2011000101.

Etymology: The specific epithet sexnubes is Latin (meaning = six clouds), an allusion to the color pattern of six saddle blotches, like clouds hanging down the sky.

References

Endruweit, M. 2014. Schistura sexnubes, a new diminutive river loach from the upper Mekong basin, Yunnan Province, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zoological Research 35(1): 59–66. DOI: 10.11813/j.issn.0254-5853.2014.1.059 [nonfunctional] . hdl: 1807/64936 . Online. Reference page.

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