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Nemacheilus Platiceps
''Nemacheilus platiceps'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Nemacheilus''. It has been recorded in the lower Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ... basin in eastern Thailand, central and southern Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its habitat is stretches of rivers with a gravel substrate where there is a moderate to rapid current in the lowlands and in foothills. It is consumed locally in subsistence fisheries and is occasionally found in the aquarium trade. Footnotes * P Fish described in 1990 {{Nemacheilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCommissioners: Dr Maurice Kottelat International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (accessed 2014)) is a Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes. Kottelat obtained a License in Sciences at the University of Neuchâtel in 1987(outdated link: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from '' Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemacheilus
''Nemacheilus'' is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia. Species There are currently 44 recognized species in this genus: * ''Nemacheilus anguilla'' Annandale, 1919 (eel loach) * ''Nemacheilus arenicolus'' Kottelat, 1998 * ''Nemacheilus banar'' Freyhof & Serov, 2001 * ''Nemacheilus binotatus'' H. M. Smith, 1933 * ''Nemacheilus chrysolaimos'' ( Valenciennes, 1846) * ''Nemacheilus cleopatra'' Freyhof & Serov, 2001 * ''Nemacheilus corica'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (''incertae sedis'', most likely in this genus) * ''Nemacheilus doonensis'' ( Tilak & Husain, 1977) * ''Nemacheilus drassensis'' ( Tilak, 1990) * ''Nemacheilus elegantissimus'' P. K. Chin & Samat, 1992 * ''Nemacheilus fasciatus'' ( Valenciennes, 1846) (Barred loach) * '' Nemacheilus inglisi'' Hora, 1935 * '' Nemacheilus jaklesii'' ( Bleeker, 1852) (''species inquirenda'' in this genus) * '' Nemacheilus kaimurensis'' Husain & Tilak, 1998 (''incertae sedis'', most likely in this genus) * '' Nemacheilus kapuasen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually. From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia. Names The Mekong was originally called ''Mae Nam Khong'' from a contracted form of Tai shortened to ''Mae Khong''. In Thai and Lao, ''Mae Nam'' ("Mother of Water ) is used for large rivers and ''Khong'' is the proper name referred to as "River Khong". However, ''Khong'' is an archaic word meaning "river", loaned from Austroasiatic languages, such as Vietnamese ''sông'' (from *''krong'') and Mon ''kruŋ'' "river", which led to Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
