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Schistura maejotigrina

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Schistura maejotigrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. maejotigrina
Binomial name
Schistura maejotigrina

Schistura maejotigrina is a species of stone loach, a freshwater fish, from northern Thailand.

The species was first described in 2012. From the Ping River drainage in the northern Chao Phraya River basin, fish of about 5 cm length were found in a stream near a waterfall and terraced rice fields.[1] The specimens were collected in fast flowing, clear water over a substrate of sand and gravel.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Schistura maejotigrina Suvarnaraksha, 2012". FishBase. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ Apinun Suvarnaraksha (2012). "Schistura maejotigrina, a new stream loach (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3586: 131–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3586.1.12.