Aborichthys waikhomi
Appearance
Aborichthys waikhomi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Aborichthys |
Species: | A. waikhomi
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Binomial name | |
Aborichthys waikhomi Kosygin, 2012
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Aborichthys waikhomi is a species of stone loach found in the Noa-Dihing River, upper Brahmaputra basin in the Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India. This fish grows to a length of 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) SL.[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Waikhom Vishwanath (b. 1954) of Manipur University, in thanks for his encouragement of the author’s work on this species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kosygin, L. (2012): Aborichthys waikhomi, a new species of fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Records of the zoological survey of India, 112 (1): 49-55.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Aborichthys waikhomi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2021.