Aborichthys waikhomi explained
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 6.8cm (02.7inches) SL.[1]
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.[2]
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p) . 24 November 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.