Exostoma vinciguerrae explained

Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in Myanmar and India.

Description

Exostoma vinciguerrae reaches a standard length of 3.6cm (01.4inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honour of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934).^[1]

References

• Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE . 16 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.