Yunnanilus elakatis explained

Yunnanilus elakatis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. Its type locality is in Yiliang County, Kunming in Yunnan.[1] The specific name refers the spindle-like body shape.[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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