Draconectes narinosus

Draconectes narinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Draconectes
Kottelat, 2012
Species: D. narinosus
Binomial name
Draconectes narinosus
Kottelat, 2012

Draconectes narinosus is a species of troglobitic stone loach known only from a cave on Van Gio Island in Halong Bay, Vietnam. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Ray, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie / Swiss Journal of Zoology, 119 (3): 341-349.


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