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Exostoma stuarti

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Exostoma stuarti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Exostoma
Species:
E. stuarti
Binomial name
Exostoma stuarti
(Hora, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Glyptosternum stuarti Hora, 1923

Exostoma stuarti is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in Myanmar.

Description

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Exostoma stuarti reaches a standard length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named after geologist Murray Stuart of the Geological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ng, H.H. (2010). "Exostoma stuarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166642A6253459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166642A6253459.en. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Exostoma stuarti". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  • Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.