Exostoma vinciguerrae
Appearance
Exostoma vinciguerrae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Sisoridae |
Genus: | Exostoma |
Species: | E. vinciguerrae
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Binomial name | |
Exostoma vinciguerrae Regan, 1905
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Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in Myanmar and India.
Description
[edit]Exostoma vinciguerrae reaches a standard length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honour of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ng, H.H. (2010). "Exostoma vinciguerrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168552A6513287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168552A6513287.en. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Exostoma vinciguerrae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.