Schistura bairdi
Schistura bairdi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.
| Schistura bairdi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Schistura |
| Species: | S. bairdi |
| Binomial name | |
| Schistura bairdi | |
This species has so far only been found in the mainstream Mekong River in southern Laos in the Khone Falls area, which is on the border with Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces in northeastern Cambodia.
Etymology
This fish is named after Professor Ian G. Baird, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
References
- Rainboth, W. (2011). "Schistura bairdi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181190A7662842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181190A7662842.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura bairdi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Kottelat, M. 2000. Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei:
Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5 (1): 37-82.
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