Speonectes tiomanensis
| Speonectes tiomanensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Speonectes Kottelat, 2012 |
| Species: | S. tiomanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Speonectes tiomanensis[2] (Kottelat, 1990) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sundoreonectes tiomanensis Kottelat, 1990 | |
Speonectes tiomanensis is a troglobitic species of stone loach endemic to Malaysia where it is only known from a cave on Tioman Island. This fish reaches a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL.[3] This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
- ↑ Kottelat, M. 1996. Sundoreonectes tiomanensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Sundoreonectes tiomanensis" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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