Schistura psittacula
Schistura psittacula is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach in the genus Schistura. It is found in two rivers in central Vietnam where it inhabits riffles in medium-sized mountain rivers and streams in riffles which have a swift current over gravel beds and feeing on aquatic invertebrates.[1]
Schistura psittacula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Schistura |
Species: | S. psittacula |
Binomial name | |
Schistura psittacula | |
References
- Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Schistura psittacula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180885A1673714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180885A1673714.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura psittacula" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
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