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Schistura rikiki

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Species of fish

Schistura rikiki
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species: S. rikiki
Binomial name
Schistura rikiki
Kottelat, 2000

Schistura rikiki is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It occurs in the Se Kong basin in southern Laos where it can be found in riffles over substrates of gravel and stones. The specific name rikiki is French slang for small or pint-sized, a reference to its small size.

References

  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura rikiki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181036A1691380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181036A1691380.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura rikiki". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Schistura rikiki


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