Biology:Ellopostoma mystax

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Short description: Species of fish

Ellopostoma mystax
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Ellopostomatidae
Genus: Ellopostoma
Species:
E. mystax
Binomial name
Ellopostoma mystax
Tan & Lim, 2002

Ellopostoma mystax, the enigmatic loach,[2] is a small, endangered species of freshwater fish originally placed in the family Balitoridae,[3] but now generally in Ellopostomatidae.[4]

E. mystax is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi River and the Pattani River.[5]

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Ellopostoma mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T180894A7654231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180894A7654231.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/180894/7654231. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. "Ellopostoma mystax - Tan & Lim, 2002 - Enigmatic loach". FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/61644. 
  3. Chen, W.-J.; Lheknim, V.; Mayden, R. L. (December 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach resolved with six nuclear genes". Journal of Fish Biology 75 (9): 2197–2208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02398.x. PMID 20738682. 
  4. Kottelat, M (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26: 1–199. 
  5. Vidthayanon, Chavalit (2005). Thailand red data : Fishes. Bangkok: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. ISBN 974-9929-87-X. http://chm-thai.onep.go.th/chm/doc/publication/onep16/onep_v16_01-forword-fish.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5635969 entry