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Afronemacheilus kaffa

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Afronemacheilus kaffa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Afronemacheilus
Species:
A. kaffa
Binomial name
Afronemacheilus kaffa

Afronemacheilus kaffa is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches.[1] This species is found in the Omo-Turkana Basin in Ethiopia.[2] This species was separated from A. abyssinicus in 2013 by Artém M. Prokofiev and Alexander S. Golubtsov.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Afronemacheilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Afronemacheilus kaffa". FishBase. October 2024 version.
  3. ^ Prokofiev, A.M. & Golubtsov, A.S. (2013). "Revision of the loach genus Afronemacheilus (Teleostei: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae) with description of a new species from the Omo-Turkana basin, Ethiopia". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (1): 1–14.