Mesonoemacheilus triangularis

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Mesonoemacheilus
Species: M. triangularis
Binomial name
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
(F. Day, 1865)
Synonyms

Nemacheilus periyarensis Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005
Nemacheilus triangularis F. Day, 1865
Nemacheilus triangularis tambaraparniensis Menon, 1987

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis[2] or Nemacheilus periyarensis[1][3] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, India. It is a fairly common species occurring in streams with gravel, cobbles and bedrock with some sand as the substrate.[1] This fish grows to a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL and can be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abraham, R. (2013). "Nemacheilus triangularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 July 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Nemacheilus triangularis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

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