Yunnanilus analis explained

Yunnanilus analis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. The type locality is Xingyun Lake in Yunnan, southern China.[1] The specific name analis means "of the anus" and refers to the six branched rays in the anal fin, a unique feature among the species classified under Yunnanilus.[2]

Notes and References

  1. . 2012 . Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf 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) . 26 January 2018 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 2017.

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