Hemimyzon sheni
| Hemimyzon sheni | |
|---|---|
| NA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Hemimyzon |
| Species: | H. sheni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemimyzon sheni I. S. Chen & L. S. Fang, 2009[1] | |
Shen's river loach, Hemimyzon sheni, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hemimyzon. It is only known from Tar-Ju River basin, Taitung County, southeast Taiwan, where its type locality is. Only three specimens were collected and later attempts to find more specimens have failed. Among its relatives, H. sheni most closely resembles H. formosanus, but it seems to be more a head-water species than H. formosanus.[1] It is a small species with standard length of 5 cm (2.0 in).[2]
References
- 1 2 Chen, I. S.; Fang, L. S. (2009). "Hemimyzon sheni, a new species of balitorid fish (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Taiwan". Environmental Biology of Fishes 86: 185–192. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9452-0.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hemimyzon sheni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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