Biology:Exostoma stuarti

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Short description: Species of sisorid catfish

Exostoma stuarti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Exostoma
Species:
E. stuarti
Binomial name
Exostoma stuarti
(Hora, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Glyptosternum stuarti Hora, 1923

Exostoma stuarti is a species of sisorid catfish from Myanmar. This species reaches a length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[1]

Etymology

The fish is named after geologist Murray Stuart of the Geological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Exostoma stuarti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes7/. 
  • Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Wikidata ☰ Q5392269 entry