''Exostoma sawmteai'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
sisorid catfish from the Pharsih River, which is a tributary of the Tuivai River in the Barak River drainage in Mizoram, northeast India.
[Lalramliana, Lalronunga, S., Lalnuntluanga & Ng, H.H. (2015): 'Exostoma sawmteai'', a new sisorid catfish from northeast India (Teleostei: Sisoridae)https://pfeil-verlag.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ief26_1_03.pdf ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 59-64.''] This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Sawmtea Vanalalmalsawma, a field assistant to Lalramliana, who helped collecting specimens.
References
Catfish of Asia
Fish of India
Taxa named by Lalnuntluanga
Taxa named by Heok Hee Ng
Fish described in 2015
Sisoridae
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