Schistura sijuensis

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Overview

Family : River loaches ; Found only in caves.

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Balitoridae

Distribution: Eurasia . Mouth inferior, with at least 3 pairs of barbels . Pelvic fins separate or fused under belly. Gill opening may or may not be restricted . In subfamily Balitorinae only. In subfamily Balitorinae, only paired fins function as adhesive organs About 35 cm maximum length . = Homalopteridae of earlier authors . Subfamilies Nemacheilinae and Balitorinae may not be monophyletic.The family Balitoridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 37 genera and 500 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform.

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Ecology: Cave-dwelling species.[1]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Mesonoemacheilus sijuensis (Menon, 1987)
2. Nemacheilus sijuensis (Menon, 1987)
3. Nemachilus sijuensis (Menon, 1987)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 14-Feb-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Schistura

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 188 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. incerta · S. denisoni · S. sexcauda · S. vinciguerrae · S. denisoni · S. tirapensis · S. denisoni · S. aculeata · S. acuticephalus · S. afasciata · S. alepidota · S. alta · S. alticrista · S. altipedunculatus · S. amplizona · S. anambarensis · S. antennata · S. aramis · S. arifi · S. athos · S. atra · S. bachmaensis · S. bairdi · S. balteata (Sumo-Loach) · S. alta · S. bampurensis · S. bannaensis · S. beavani (Creek Loach) · S. bella · S. bolavenensis · S. breviceps · S. bucculenta · S. callichromus · S. carbonaria · S. cataracta · S. caudofurca · S. chapaensis · S. chindwinica · S. chrysicristinae · S. cincticauda · S. clatrata · S. conirostris · S. corica · S. coruscans · S. crabro · S. cristata (Turkmenian Crested Loach) · S. cryptofasciata · S. curtistigma · S. dabryi dabryi · S. dalatensis · S. daubentoni · S. dayi · S. deansmarti · S. defectiva · S. deignani · S. denisoni · S. desmotes · S. disparizona · S. dorsizona · S. dubia · S. ephelis · S. fascimaculata · S. fasciolata · S. fasciolatus · S. finis · S. fowleriana · S. fusinotata · S. geisleri · S. globiceps · S. harnaiensis · S. hingi · S. horai · S. humilis · S. huongensis · S. imitator · S. implicata · S. incerta · S. irregularis · S. isostigma · S. jarutanini (Kittipong´s Cave Loach) · S. kangjupkhulensis · S. kaysonei · S. kengtungensis · S. kessleri (Kessler´s Loach) · S. khamtanhi · S. khugae · S. kloetzliae · S. kohatensis · S. kohchangensis · S. kongphengi · S. kontumensis · S. laterimaculata · S. latidens · S. latifasciata · S. lepidocaulis · S. leukensis · S. lindbergi · S. longa · S. machensis · S. macrocephalus

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Further Reading

• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Menon, A.G.K. (1999). Check list - fresh water fishes of India. p. 234-259. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Kottelat, M. 1996. Schistura sijuensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2501584
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-16943
• Fishbase Species ID: 6166
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 688174
• IUCN ID: 19977
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10928

Footnotes

1. Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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