Biology:Psilorhynchus hamiltoni
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| Psilorhynchus hamiltoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Psilorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Psilorhynchus |
| Species: | P. hamiltoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013
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Psilorhynchus hamiltoni is a freshwater ray-finned fish, from the Tista River in West Bengal, India.[1] This species reaches a length of 3.1 cm (1.2 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton.[3]
References
- ↑ Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 3686 (2): 201–243.
- ↑ "Psilorhynchus hamiltoni". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Psilorhynchus-hamiltoni.html.
- ↑ "Order SILURIFORMES: Families RITIDAE, AILIIDAE, HORABAGRIDAE and BAGRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes6/.
Wikidata ☰ Q20745389 entry
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