Biology:Aborichthys waikhomi
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| Aborichthys waikhomi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Aborichthys |
| Species: | A. waikhomi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aborichthys waikhomi Kosygin, 2012
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Aborichthys waikhomi is a species of stone loach found in the Noa-Dihing River, upper Brahmaputra basin in the Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India. This fish grows to a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) SL.[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Waikhom Vishwanath (b. 1954) of Manipur University, in thanks for his encouragement of the author’s work on this species.[3]
References
- ↑ Kosygin, L. (2012): Aborichthys waikhomi, a new species of fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Records of the zoological survey of India, 112 (1): 49-55.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Aborichthys waikhomi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q21365813 entry
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