Schistura macrocephalus

Schistura macrocephalus is a species of ray-finned fish. a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It occurs in riffles over stony or gravel beds in streams with moderate to fast currents in the Mengla River in Yunnan, a tributary of the Mekong, and the Nam Youan in northern Laos, in turn a tributary of the Mengla.[1]

Schistura macrocephalus

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

References

  1. Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura macrocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181267A1715506. Downloaded on 19 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura microcephalus" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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