Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui
| Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Mesonoemacheilus |
| Species: | M. petrubanarescui
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui (Menon, 1984)
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| Synonyms | |
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Nemacheilus petrubanarescui Menon, 1984 | |
Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui is a species of ray-finned fish from India.[2][3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name petrubanaescui honours the Romanian ichthyologist Petre Mihai Bănărescu.[4]
Length
[edit]It grows to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) standard length.[5]
Distribution
[edit]It is endemic to the Western Ghats and is known from only two locations, the Netravati River and Kabani River in Karnataka and Kerala. It is a little known species which is rare and may be threatened by habitat alteration, sand mining and pollution.
Aquarium
[edit]It turns up occasionally in the aquarium trade where it is sold as the "dwarf loach".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Raghavan, R. (2011). "Nemacheilus petrubanarescui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169672A6665952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169672A6665952.en. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 26: 1–199.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 January 2021). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemacheilus petrubanarescui". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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