Biology:Exostoma stuarti
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Short description: Species of sisorid catfish
Exostoma stuarti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Sisoridae |
Genus: | Exostoma |
Species: | E. stuarti
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Binomial name | |
Exostoma stuarti (Hora, 1923)
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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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Exostoma stuarti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "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