Schistura porthos
Schistura porthos is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura from the Mekong basin; the Nam Ngiap, Nam Khan, Nam Xuang, Nam Ou and Nam Tha drainages in northern Laos and the Luosuojiang drainage in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.[1] The specific name comes from one of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, Aramis as do that of two other Schistura species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, S. athos and S.aramis.[3]
| Schistura porthos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Schistura |
| Species: | S. porthos |
| Binomial name | |
| Schistura porthos | |
References
- Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura porthos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180775A1661516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180775A1661516.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura porthos" 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. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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