Barbatula sawadai explained

Barbatula sawadai is a species of stone loach in the family Nemacheilidae. It is native to the Selenga River basin in Mongolia and Russia.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 15cm (06inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Yukio Sawada, of Hokkaido University (Japan), who studied the osteology of loaches.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kottelat, M., 2012. Conspectus cobitidum*: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. (26):1-199.
  2. Web site: Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches) . 21 January 2025 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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