Schistura udomritthiruji, a new loach from southern Thailand (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae)

0340645 - ÚŽFG 2010 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Bohlen, Jörg - Šlechtová, Vendula
Schistura udomritthiruji, a new loach from southern Thailand (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae).
Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. Roč. 20, č. 4 (2009), s. 319-324. ISSN 0936-9902
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Keywords : Cypriniformes * Nemacheilidae * Schistura udomritthuji
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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Schistura udomritthiruji, new species, is described from streams draining to the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand between Takua Pa and Ranong. It is distinguished from congeners by the following characters: dark bars on the body much thinner in the anterior half of the body than in the posterior half; 9+8 branched rays in the caudal fin; males with suborbital flap; lateral line ends above base of anal fin; caudal fin hyaline and dark bars oil posterior half of body more than twice as wide as interspaces.
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