Schistura nomi

Schistura nomi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Schistura
Species:	S. nomi
Binomial name
Schistura nomi Kottelat, 2000[2]

Schistura nomi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. This species is found in streams which have a moderate to fast current, in riffles, where the bed consists of gravel to stone in the Kong River in Laos.^[1] The specific name honours a Mr Nom who was the describer, Maurice Kottelat's, driver in Laos.^[3]

References

1. Juffe Bignoli, D. (2012). "Schistura nomi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181170A1706014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181170A1706014.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura nomi". FishBase. October 2017 version.
3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.