Schistura spiloptera

Schistura spiloptera is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura It is found in shallow, clear, fast-flowing water over rocky bottoms in upland streams where it feeds on insect larvae, some algae and phytoplankton. It has only been recorded from central Vietnam.[1]

Schistura spiloptera

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. spiloptera
Binomial name
Schistura spiloptera
Synonyms
  • Cobitis spiloptera Valenciennes, 1846
  • Noemacheilus spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Nemacheilus pellegrini Rendahl, 1944
  • Schistura pellegrini (Rendahl, 1944)

References
  1. Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2011). "Schistura spiloptera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T187986A8639887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T187986A8639887.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Schistura spiloptera" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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