Hemimyzon khonensis

Hemimyzon khonensis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Hemimyzon
Species:	H. khonensis
Binomial name
	Hemimyzon khonensis; Kottelat, 2000[2]

Hemimyzon khonensis is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Hemimyzon. It is known from a single specimen collected in the Mekong at the Khone Falls in Laos, near the Cambodian border;[1] it is named for the falls.[2] The specimen was 51 mm (2.0 in) in standard length.

References

Kottelat, M. (2012). "Hemimyzon khonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180661A1648746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180661A1648746.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-11-24.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hemimyzon khonensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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[IUCN-1] Kottelat, M. (2012). "Hemimyzon khonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180661A1648746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180661A1648746.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[kottelat-2] Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-11-24.