Biology:Schistura melarancia
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Short description: Species of fish
| Schistura melarancia | |
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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. melarancia
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistura melarancia Kottelat, 2000[1]
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Schistura melarancia is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the Mekong drainage in Laos and Vietnam.[1] The specific name melarancia is derived from an old Italian word for an orange and refers to the orange-brown colour of the fins and body of this species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura melarancia" in FishBase. October 2017 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 20 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3755963 entry
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