Schistura athos

Schistura athos is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura, its specific name athos is from, Athos, one of the Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas,[2] as do that of two other Schistura species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, S. aramis and S.porthos.[3] It has only been recorded from the Nam Ou basin in Laos, as well as from a stretch of the Nam Noua, a tributary of the Nam Ou, in Vietnam. S. athos has been collected from rapids and stretches of the main river with stone substrates.[1]

Schistura athos

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. athos
Binomial name
Schistura athos

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura athos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181226A1711055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181226A1711055.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura athos" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.


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