Biology:Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

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Short description: Species of fish

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Mesonoemacheilus
Species:
M. triangularis
Binomial name
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
(F. Day, 1865)
Synonyms

Nemacheilus periyarensis Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005
Nemacheilus triangularis F. Day, 1865
Nemacheilus triangularis tambaraparniensis Menon, 1987

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis[2] or Nemacheilus periyarensis[1][3] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, India . It is a fairly common species occurring in streams with gravel, cobbles and bedrock with some sand as the substrate.[1] This fish grows to a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL and can be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Abraham, R. (2013). "Nemacheilus triangularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172434/0. Retrieved 30 July 2015. 
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 July 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Nemacheilus triangularis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2690311 entry