Erethistes maesotensis
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Erethistes maesotensis | |
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Conservation status | |
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Erethistidae |
Genus: | Erethistes |
Species: | E. maesotensis |
Binomial name | |
Erethistes maesotensis Kottelat, 1983 | |
Erethistes maesotensis is a species of South Asian river catfish native to Myanmar and Thailand where it is known from Moei River near Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border. E. maesotensis has been observed to inhabit fast-moving waters; during the rainy season, the water depth can increase by at least 3 metres (10 ft). The substrate mainly consists of small stones and sand with numerous empty gastropod shells.[1] This species grows to a length of 2.2 centimetres (0.87 in) SL.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Erethistes maesotensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Kottelat, Maurice (1983). "A new species of Erethistes Muller & Troschel from Thailand and Burma (Osteichthyes : Siluriformes: Sisoridae)". Hydrobiologia 107: 71–74. doi:10.1007/BF00126706.
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