Yunnanilus macrogaster

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Yunnanilus macrogaster

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Yunnanilus
Species:
Y. macrogaster
Binomial name
Yunnanilus macrogaster

Yunnanilus macrogaster is a

species flock.[4] It lays eggs which it does not guard.[5]

Yunnanilus macrogaster has a moderately elongated and compressed body with a short

caudal fin has a vertical black bar at its base but this does not extend to the upper and lower edges of the caudal peduncle. It shows no adaptations to living in caves.[5]

The specific name macrogaster means "large stomach", referring to the swollen bellied appearance of this species.[6]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T23176A9425350.en
    . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Yunnanilus macrogaster" in 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. doi:10.1007/BF00000739
    . Abstract
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-90-481-3458-8
    .
  6. ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.


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