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Exostoma vinciguerrae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Exostoma
Species:
E. vinciguerrae
Binomial name
Exostoma vinciguerrae
Regan, 1905

Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in Myanmar and India.

Description

Exostoma vinciguerrae reaches a standard length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honour of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934). [3]

References

  1. ^ Ng, H.H. (2010). "Exostoma vinciguerrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168552A6513287. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168552A6513287.en. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Exostoma vinciguerrae" in 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.
  • Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.