Mustura prashadi

Mustura prashadi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Mustura
Species:	M. prashadi
Binomial name
Mustura prashadi Hora, 1921[2]
Synonyms
Schistura prashadi Hora, 1921 Physoschistura prashadi (Hora, 1921)

Mustura prashadi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Mustura. Some authorities place it in the genus Physoschistura^[3] It is known from just three localities in the Chindwin River drainage in Manipur, India. It is a benthic species of hill streams, preferring well oxygenated, clear, flowing water.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name honours Baini Prashad (1894-1969) who was an Assistant Superintendent at the Zoological Survey of India, who gave "every possible encouragement” to the describer of this species, Sunder Lal Hora.^[4]

References

1. Singh, L. (2010). "Schistura prashadi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166472A6216545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166472A6216545.en. Downloaded on 7 January 2018.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura prashadi". FishBase. October 2017 version.
3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
4. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.