Biology:Schistura athos
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| Schistura athos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Schistura |
| Species: | S. athos
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000[2]
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Schistura athos is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura, its specific name athos is from, Athos, one of the Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas,[2] as do that of two other Schistura species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, S. aramis and S.porthos.[3] It has only been recorded from the Nam Ou basin in Laos, as well as from a stretch of the Nam Noua, a tributary of the Nam Ou, in Vietnam. S. athos has been collected from rapids and stretches of the main river with stone substrates.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura athos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T181226A1711055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181226A1711055.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181226/1711055. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura athos" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/loaches3/. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q525231 entry
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