Kayahschistura
| Kayahschistura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Kayahschistura Kottelat & Grego, 2020 |
| Species: | K. lokalayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kayahschistura lokalayensis Kottelat & Grego, 2020
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Kayahschistura is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. The only species in the genus is Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a cave fish which is known from two caves in the Hpruso District of the Kayah State in Myanmar.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kayahschistura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Maurice Kottelat & Jozef Grego (2020). "Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Y Supplement No. 35: 179–185.