Schistura kodaguensis explained

Schistura kodaguensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura.[1] This species has been recorded from a single stream with a swift current and gravel bottom in the Cauvery River system in Karnataka, India. The specific name is derived from Kodagu District where the type specimen was collected.[2]

Notes and References

  1. . 2012 . Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei) . The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Supplement No. 26 . 1–199.
  2. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches) . 16 January 2018 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 2017.

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