Biology:Yunnanilus analis

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Yunnanilus analis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Yunnanilus
Species:
Y. analis
Binomial name
Yunnanilus analis
J. X. Yang, 1990[1]

Yunnanilus analis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. The type locality is Xingyun Lake in Yunnan, southern China.[2] The specific name analis means "of the anus" and refers to the six branched rays in the anal fin, a unique feature among the species classified under Yunnanilus.[3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Yunnanilus analis" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 26: 1–199. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf. 
  3. "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/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1041599 entry