Ellopostoma mystax

Ellopostoma mystax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Ellopostoma
Species: E. mystax
Binomial name
Ellopostoma mystax
Tan & Lim, 2002

Ellopostoma mystax, also known as the enigmatic loach,[1] is a species of freshwater fish in the family Balitoridae.[2]

E. mystax is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi River and the Pattani River.[3]

References

  1. "Ellopostoma mystax - Tan & Lim, 2002 - Enigmatic loach". FishBase. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. Chen, W.-J.; Lheknim, V.; Mayden, R. L. (December 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach resolved with six nuclear genes". Journal of Fish Biology. 75 (9): 2197–2208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02398.x.
  3. Vidthayanon, Chavalit (2005). Thailand red data : Fishes (PDF). Bangkok: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. ISBN 974-9929-87-X.
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